This queen rules supreme over crayfish. Just how do queen snakes detect their prey? Nature Interpreter James lets you in on the secret and shares why healthy freshwater ecosystems are important to both species.

Join us on our Facebook page Mondays through Fridays at 10 a.m. for a live video with Great Parks staff! Blue crayfish have been spotted at Sharon Woods and Nature Interpreter Tom is taking to the creek to try and find one!

Whether you call them crawfish, crawdads, mudbugs or by their slightly more formal name of crayfish, “freshwater lobsters” illicit some sort of visceral response. Fear is one I often see when I show visitors how to catch crayfish. This reaction makes sense. For one, crayfish look formidable – they’re a virtual underwater tank. Their hard […]