The Australian redclaw crayfish also can carry something called a crayfish plague – a parasite that could infect the area's native crayfish species, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife.

“Australian Redclaw Crayfish can also carry Crayfish Plague as well as other parasites/diseases that could impact native crayfish.” The species was first spotted in the U.S. in 2013, and more ...

the agent responsible for crayfish plague. This plague has caused devastating ecological impacts globally. The platform ...

"It's also known as 'the Great Crayfish Plague' because it wiped out crayfish in Europe [after American species were introduced] back in the 1880s it started," he said. "Redclaw are also ...

These crayfish are larger, more aggressive, and reproduce more quickly than native species, leading them to dominate ecosystems and disrupt food webs. Rusty crayfish have a significant impact on ...

In wildlife, for instance, infections ranging from salmonid whirling disease to crayfish plague have had devastating effects in managed and wild populations of aquatic organisms. Often a major ...

The UK native white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipus) crayfish is under considerable pressure throughout the UK from the invasive American signal crayfish and a fungal pathogen (crayfish ...