Alabama already boasts more species of crayfish than any other state, but the number of distinct species seems likely to go up in 2016. Biologists working within the Black Warrior River floodplain in ...

Alabama already had more documented species of crayfish living in its waters than any other state, but that lead was padded this week as two biologists announced the discovery of a new species called ...

There aren’t many areas of study where one person has the privilege to name a new species, whether it’s a plant or animal. So Thomas Simon is one lucky man. He’s in the process of writing up the ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.— Following more than a decade of advocacy by the Center for Biological Diversity and allies, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the slenderclaw crayfish as endangered ...