(CBS News) DULAC, La. - Shrimping season opened Monday off Louisiana and fishermen can't get over what they're now finding in their nets. Some say the coastline is under invasion. The giant invaders ...

The invasive Asian tiger shrimp, which can grow as long as a human forearm and weigh as much as eleven ounces, has gained a foothold in Gulf of Mexico waters. Photo by Ryan Werner In the coastal town ...

A truly jumbo shrimp is causing big worries about the future of the Gulf of Mexico's ecosystem. The Asian tiger prawn, a foot-long crustacean with a voracious appetite and a proclivity for disease, ...

After 10 years of careful breeding and research, scientists have developed what could be the world's most perfect prawn. After 10 years of careful breeding and research, scientists have developed what ...

Last week, Seafood Watch, the sustainable seafood watchdog program from the Monterey Bay Aquarium, released new and updated recommendations for giant tiger prawns and whiteleg shrimp farmed in Vietnam ...

Louisiana sightings of a new invasive species have increased dramatically during the fall shrimp season, according to state Wildlife and Fisheries officials. State wildlife officials are asking ...

James Cook University researchers have been part of the first-ever successful effort to map the genome of an iconic Australian seafood species – that of the Australian black tiger prawn - which may ...

A rise in sightings of a giant, invasive shrimp has government scientists working to determine the cause and possible consequences for native fish and seafood in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2010, there ...