A pack of hot dogs and a minnow trap may seem like unlikely tools for conservation, but new research from the Natural ...

Murray crayfish prefer free-flowing, oxygen-rich water, so they suffered from efforts to regulate river flows using dams and weirs. Poor water quality, including pollution from pesticides and ...

The idea of returning Murray crayfish to the river in South Australia is not new. Two University of Adelaide ecologists, the late Keith Walker and Mike Geddes, first suggested it in the 1990s.

At its peak in 1955, 15 tonnes of Murray crayfish were taken from the river in New South Wales and sent to markets in Melbourne and Sydney. In South Australia, the commercial fishery was unsustainable ...

Murray crayfish prefer free-flowing, oxygen-rich water, so they suffered from efforts to regulate river flows using dams and weirs. Poor water quality, including pollution from pesticides and ...

Below the heritage-listed bridge crossing the Murray River at Swan Hill, the last chapter in a rescue mission that saved about 100 crayfish – which made a desperate break to flee their toxic ...

Below the heritage-listed bridge crossing the Murray River at Swan Hill, the last chapter in a rescue mission that saved about 100 crayfish – which made a desperate break to flee their toxic ...