State officials on July 24 said an invasive crayfish species that has been found in several Michigan counties was discovered in a rearing pond at Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery. The Michigan Department ...

Red swamp crayfish – a species that is native to the southern United States but prohibited in Michigan – was found in a state hatchery pond in Van Buren County, Michigan. The Michigan Department of ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently confirmed the presence of invasive red swamp crayfish in an outdoor muskellunge rearing pond at Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery in Mattawan, Van ...

Royal Oak — Knee deep in a pond behind Royal Oak High School, Mikela Dean split open a tubular wire trap she had extracted from the mucky water. Nothing inside. Again. Dean, watershed ecologist for ...

Invasive red swamp crayfish have infiltrated a west Michigan fish hatchery, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said Thursday. The hatchery staff found two carcasses of "unusual crayfish" ...

Procambarus clarkii is a crustacean species native to American freshwater bodies. Brought to Japan in the 1920s as a feed for frogs, this crustacean has slowly taken over the Japanese freshwaters by ...

The crayfish likely entered the hatchery through contaminated water or released pets. The DNR is working to contain the infestation and monitor nearby lakes. Red swamp crayfish are prohibited in ...

MATTAWAN, MI — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is attempting to figure out how an invasive crayfish entered a pond at one of its fish hatcheries. On Thursday, July 24, the DNR said it ...

The red-swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii is a highly invasive species native to American freshwaters but has also invaded many freshwater ecosystems around the world. Now, researchers conducted a ...