Fueled not by the pressing issues of the day, but rather debate over a culinary institution, Congress erupted into a vocal war more than two decades ago. The reason for this interstate fury: crawfish.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says it’s gotten reports of the invasive Northern crayfish found in the Ashland Canal. This species is native to the Midwest, but has also been found in ...

Mudbug. Crayfish. Mudpup. Crawdaddy. Crawfish. Whatever you call them, those little freshwater crustaceans are delicious, relatively inexpensive, easy to cook, and make a fun and unusual alternative ...

In 1888, William Gladstone Steel, a dapper Portland mail carrier, dumped 200 fingerling trout into a tin bucket and set out to create a national park. Steel toted his cargo 49 miles to southwest ...

At Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, the site of the deepest lake in the country, the surface water temperature has been heating in recent years, attracting an invasive species of crayfish that is ...

Perhaps no New Orleans meal is more iconic than the crawfish boil: heaps of spicy crawfish dumped on newspaper-draped tables, with corn and potatoes for garnish. Always best with a cold beverage, it’s ...

There's a war between mud bugs and mud puppies in an Oregon lake, with the crawfish winning out by eating the unique salamander population found there, the Herald and News newspaper reports. The eight ...

SALEM (AP) — Oregon scientists say an invasive crayfish has spread to another drainage in southwest Oregon. The Department of Fish and Wildlife says the northern ringed crayfish, native to the ...

On the surface, the Tualatin Crawfish Festival, which returns next weekend, looks like any other harmless community event. There are buckets of locally caught crawfish, a restaurant cook-off, live ...

Researchers focusing on the problem of crayfish in Lake Tahoe are applying what they've learned to stop a growing infestation at Crater Lake in Oregon. Like Lake Tahoe, Crater Lake in southern Oregon ...

An invasive species of crayfish is threatening native species in Oregon's Crater Lake. At Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, the site of the deepest lake in the country, the surface water ...