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.

Anyone hoping to celebrate Mardi Gras with a piping hot crawfish boil this year may be out of luck -- or have to pay more than double what they’re used to. Crawfish farmers in south Louisiana -- an ...

Any Louisiana seafood lover will agree— the 2024 crawfish season has been far from normal. As farmers battled with drought and saltwater intrusion in the fall, mudbug prices have stayed higher than ...