From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Clockwise, from top left: minnow, crayfish, sunfish, shad, frog, and grasshopper. Fathead minnows, leeches and worms are mainstays in bait-shop refrigerators across the country. These old standards ...

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 ...

AN ILLEGAL crayfish trap has been removed from a private pond after the Environment Agency received reports of a baited box. The trap was recovered from a private pond on the outskirts of Darlington.

Fields of soy and open land flash by on rural Louisiana Highway 167 leading to Ville Platte. Like most two-lane highways in south Louisiana, there is a highly regarded boudin shop at an intersection ...

This story began in the strangest of places. I was at the grocery store looking for fresh crawfish for a low country boil. I quickly found packages, and they all had significant problems. Not only ...