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 ...

Crack open some crawfish at the Montinore Estate crawfish boil. This photo from 2012 shows the goods dumped out on a table for attendees. (Courtesy of Montinore Estate) (Courtesy of Montinore Estate) ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rick Boatner/Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife In May, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife received a tip that an unusual-looking crayfish was spotted in a creek around Lithia Park in ...

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 ...

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 ...