The lawsuit claims that if the United States protects horseshoe crabs, more biomedical companies would make a faster switch ...

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has decided to forgo a 2024 bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, following a vociferous comment period that provoked opposition According ...

Horseshoe crabs used to be everywhere. Millions of years before dinosaurs roamed the planet, each spring, the hard-shelled creatures gathered to mate in massive mounds along the beaches of the ...

Conservationists are cheering a decision to prevent next year’s harvest of female horseshoe crabs, which will also help the threatened red knot. When the spring high tides strike, tens of thousands of ...

The humble horseshoe crab, an ancient species crawling seafloors since before the dawn of the dinosaurs, was durable enough ...

In Delaware Bay, migratory shorebirds dig for eggs beside the shell of a horseshoe crab. Jan van de Kam Griendtsveen Provided Dozens of critical habitat areas for threatened shorebirds will be ...

Along the Atlantic Coast, one species is supporting ecological and human health — the American horseshoe crab. In Maryland, horseshoe crabs are a common site on the coast and in coastal bays. Harvest ...

If there was ever a competition for the “perfect species,” the humble horseshoe crab likely would be a top contender. Its design is so flawless that it has remained essentially unchanged for about 445 ...

An environmental advocacy group is suing the federal government to force regulators to decide if the American horseshoe crab, ...

The best time to see the ancient wonders that are horseshoe crabs is now, as they return to Delaware Bay beaches for spawning season. Horseshoe crabs first developed 540 million years ago in the ...

Aravind Krishnan, a 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania student, is working to find an alternative to horseshoe crab blood, which is used to test for pathogens in vaccines and on medical devices.