LANSING — The red swamp crayfish can reproduce multiple times a year. Females can carry up to 900 eggs. That means rapid population growth and possibly trouble for the Great Lakes. The species ...

Public Interest; Electric barrier to keep silver, bighead carp from Great Lakes allows in other invaders, study says. Published: ; Jan. 09, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

While residents enjoy Michigan's Great Lakes, invasive species may be, too. During Aquatic Invasive Species Awareness Week here are 3 to watch for.

Rusty crayfish have “large, ... Now rusty crayfish are found most frequently in the Great Lakes region, New England and the eastern U.S., officials said.

In many North American lakes, a tiny clawed creature has become a big bully. The invasive rusty crayfish roams lakebeds, snapping up snails, bivalves, and water plants, cutting off food supplies ...

Nevada recently green-lighted a project to harvest crayfish in Lake Tahoe. It's the first time since the 1930s that commercial fishing has been allowed in the lake. The venture is small, but the ...

Crayfish in our decline lakes have thus declined roughly 90-95% from the peak of their invasion." Rusty crayfish are freshwater crustaceans native to the Ohio River Basin (Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky ...