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.

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 ...

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 ...

TUALATIN -- The Tualatin Crawfish Festival is returning to its roots. Now in its 60th year, the annual event -- which claims to be the oldest crawfish festival in the country -- will honor its ...

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 ...

Crawfish season is heating up across the state, with restaurants already serving fresh boils. Locals are heading out to enjoy the annual tradition, marking the start of ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW ORLEANS — Now we all love to eat ...

Efforts to preserve and rebuild populations of the Crater Lake newt, a tiny, semi-aquatic sub-species of salamanders found ...

It’s likely too late to contain a species of invasive crayfish in Southern Oregon. That’s after biologists found they’re spreading throughout Rogue Valley waterways. The invasive Northern crayfish was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — If you’ve enjoyed a crawfish ...