Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George Macias picks up crawfish traps while harvesting the catch at Bayou Best Crawfish Farm in Sour Lake, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026.

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 ...

Drought conditions over the summer boiled crawfish before farmers could harvest them, creating a dire situation that the governor has declared a disaster. Farmers and scientists say a summertime ...

KAPLAN, La. – Josh Courville has harvested crawfish his whole life, but these days, he's finding a less welcome catch in some of the fields he manages in southern Louisiana. Snails. Big ones.