A large population of the Common Yabby (Cherax destructor Clarke), an Australian crayfish species, has developed in a lake at a former quarry in Co. Cork, where the temperatures are well below those ...

La Trobe University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Someone who recently discovered that I do research on freshwater crayfish asked a simple question: How long do yabbies live?

You looking at me, crayfish face? It seems that crayfish don't forget a face — at least, not those of their foes. Australian crayfish, also known as Cherax destructor, usually fight when they meet.

Everyone knows what a yabby is, don’t they? Well, you would be surprised. Those charming little critters with nippers in your local dam may belong to the species Cherax destructor, also known as the ...

The fighting Australian crayfish (yabby) does not forget the face of its foes according to zoologists. In the study, after a fight, the loser yabby was isolated and given a choice between its opponent ...

Periods of isolation during which animals have no social contact are common in the design of behavioral experiments. They are used, for example, to test memory and recognition responses, or to ensure ...