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.

WINNIE, TX (KTRK) -- It's the peak of crawfish season, and it's become a big business in Texas. Chances are you've had a pound or two, or 10. But have you ever wondered what it takes to get them from ...

Jody Meche of Henderson runs his crawfish traps on March 14 in the Atchafalaya Basin. Unlike his father, who was also a fisherman, Meche has had to battle the low controlled water releases into the ...

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. For ...

HAMSHIRE, Texas — Crawfish farms across Southeast Texas are gearing up and getting ready for what they feel is going to be a big and busy weekend. “It's just Easter weekend,” Alan Gaulding, owner of ...