VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.— The Center for Biological Diversity and 22 partner organizations petitioned NOAA Fisheries today to list the American horseshoe crab as an endangered species under the Endangered ...

With the end of the 2023-2024 legislative session just six weeks away, Environmental advocates have launched a full-court ...

What is an Atlantic horseshoe crab? Atlantic horseshoe crabs may appear alien, but their history as earthlings is pretty impressive. They’ve been around for 450 million years, predating the ...

Another horseshoe crab die off was reported at Brigantine Beach, Maryland, in 2022. The Center petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service earlier this year to protect horseshoe crabs under the ...

he revealed the hidden world beneath the horseshoe crab’s carapace. Little is known about the interactions between horseshoe crabs and other species. But here we can see lined shrimps underneath the ...

MARYLAND - The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is weighing possible changes to state policy to allow the harvesting of horseshoe crabs on Sundays. Currently, catching and landing ...

Laurent Ballesta's horseshoe crab wins the grand prize - and the WPY Portfolio Award A picture of a mysterious and other-worldly horseshoe crab has earned Laurent Ballesta the title of Wildlife ...

BALASORE: The Indian horseshoe crabs, considered one of the oldest living animals on the planet, may soon have safe nesting ...

Their vision is enhanced by seven additional simpler eyes. Five are located on the surface of the carapace, and two are underneath, by the mouth. These two may help the horseshoe crab orientate when ...

Yet demand for horseshoe crab blood has only climbed through the years as its uses expanded to testing for impurities in medical devices, vaccines and any injectable drugs. More recently ...

As part of the Marine Biological Laboratory’s Falmouth Forum series, biologist Michael Dawson will give a talk titled “The Horseshoe Crab: Ancient Mariner and Modern Medicine,” on Friday, November 22, ...

A team of specialists under the IUCN previously declared June 20 as International Horseshoe Crab Day to help bolster collective conservation efforts.