When a team of scientists studying the brightly colored and common New Guinea crayfish ordered some new animals for their lab, they were in for a bit of a surprise. They uncovered a species of the ...

Scientists bought a popular clawed animal from a pet trader and discovered a new species from Indonesia, a study said. Photo from Y K yokeboy via Unsplash Far from its home in Indonesia, a brightly ...

He's considered the luckiest little fella alive – the creature who miraculously survived four days dumped in a garbage bin but was given a second chance at life by the waste removalists who found him.

"It is important to note that this is a unique species that arose in aquarium culture via a mutation and is not native in the wild anywhere," said Monica McGarrity, a senior scientist for aquatic ...

Every year, scientists classify between 15,000 and 18,000 new species. Newly discovered animals inevitably attract the most public attention, but researchers also log many new plants, fungi, and other ...

Genome study finds the invasive clonal freshwater crayfish is descended from a single female and reproduces without males A voracious pest that mutated in a German aquarium and is marching around the ...

What has 10 legs, mutant DNA, a voracious appetite and a cray-cray sex life? An unnatural freak known as the marbled crayfish has taken over a cemetery in Belgium, where the suspected aquarium escapee ...