Scientists seeking rare river crayfish aren’t just kicking rocks

INHS and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign researchers are gathering the population size and distribution data needed to determine whether the cold-water crayfish (Faxonius eupunctus) should be listed as an endangered species.

Read the full story from the University of Illinois News Bureau here.

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