For Texas rice farmers determined to hang onto their land, crawfish offer clear benefits. Omnivores and swamp creatures at heart, mudbugs thrive in the low, warm, plant-filled waters of rice paddies.

Crawfish, crawdads, crayfish, mudbugs, mountain lobsters, or whatever you choose to call them, are disgusting to some and a delicacy for others. If you can’t imagine missing a low country boil, this ...

WINNIE, TX (KTRK) -- It's the peak of crawfish season, and it's become a big business in Texas. Chances are you've had a pound or two, or 10. But have you ever wondered what it takes to get them from ...

Clockwise, from top left: minnow, crayfish, sunfish, shad, frog, and grasshopper. Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards ...

MORGANZA, La. (WAFB) - Between the summer drought and now this brutal cold spot, crawfish farmers say they’re having trouble filling their traps. Many people are wondering, when and if the price will ...

CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) – Things are returning to normal now that the ice has melted away from last week’s blizzard. Many people are wondering what that means for crawfish season. Scott Broussard, a ...

When Jody Gallaway began the California Crawfish Co., she knew she was building an industry. "We started this not as a small business but as a new industry for this area," she said. In just the second ...