The New Guinea crayfish discovery has also been tied to conservation. It “highlights the need for better management and ...

Scientists peered into the tank, studying their pet-turned-specimen — and discovered it was a new species. Researchers in the Czech Republic purchased a shipment of Indonesian crayfish from a ...

Pet traders have been selling the crayfish under several different names, but scientists had yet to formally classify most of them. “Among others, my team monitors the pet trade (aquarium trade ...