A pack of hot dogs and a minnow trap may seem like unlikely tools for conservation, but new research from the Natural Resources Research Institute at the University of Minnesota Duluth shows they can ...

The program is meant to encourage children to get in touch with nature along the Missouri River at Coopers Landing.

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 ...

Over 1,000 miles from the mouth of the Murray, and a two-and- a-half-hour drive from Albury through modern wine country, lies Echuca. From the river, the town looks like a set from a period drama.

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 ...