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.

Long before the boiling pots and newspaper-covered tables, crawfish were a survival food — and a powerful cultural symbol for Louisiana's Native tribes.

This year has been particularly bad for one of the deep South’s most prized exports: crawfish. The tiny lobster-like crustaceans are a $500 million industry that supports thousands of jobs, ...

Crawfish has come a long way since the days of backyard boils, serving up mudbugs captured that day from a nearby pond or field ditch — probably caught by a good buddy, a generous neighbor, or ...

Houston – Stanley and Jamie Alford created their crawfish catering company after evacuating their home in Louisiana in 2016 due to catastrophic floods. The Alfords had to find a way to start over, and ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Founded in 2018, LarryP's Boiling Pot is known for revolutionizing the way people eat and enjoy Cajun food, crawfish in particular. That's why it's the perfect place for this week's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. man and woman eat crawfish - Static Media / Shutterstock / Getty In the 1700s, Native Americans made use of their abundance in ...

Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser is once again partnering with the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board for the eighth annual Pardoning of the Crawfish. Breaux Bridge, the crawfish ...