Protecting some of Australia's smallest freshwater critters such as the spiny crayfish is a top priority for ecohydrologist Sarah O'Hea Miller. "I personally find them cute," she said. "Some people ...

Susan Lawler and co-authors received funding from the Australian Research Council. I am so proud of our recent publication, mostly because it has been a long time coming. We received an Australian ...

A relationship that has lasted for 100 million years is at serious risk of ending, due to the effects of environmental and climate change. A species of spiny crayfish native to Australia and the tiny ...

La Trobe University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Last week, Victorian Fisheries announced changes to the fishing regulations for Murray Spiny Freshwater Crayfish to bring them ...

Catching crayfish on a cold morning on the limestone coast of South Australia is hardly a rare occurrence. During the summer months the largest fleet in the Southern Hemisphere heads off shore to lift ...

Australia Museum says 20-year-old collection will help understand and conserve threatened animals, which are sensitive to climate change As floods devastated Lismore, a group of ecologists waited ...

Research suggests that bizarre, tentacled worms which live attached to crayfish in the rivers of Australia are at risk of extinction - because the crayfish themselves are endangered. It would be an ...

A species of spiny crayfish native to Australia and the tiny flatworms that depend on them are both at risk of extinction, according to researchers from the UK and Australia. Look closely into one of ...