The medical use of horseshoe crabs highlights the dilemma between human safety, environmental sustainability, and scientific ...

Horseshoe crabs are not endangered or threatened in Massachusetts, but their numbers are at historic lows. To protect the species, state wildlife officials are rolling out new regulations. As of 2024, ...

Horseshoe Crabs have been around for 450 million years but are now declining rapidly due to over harvesting. These primeval creatures were living in the oceans before the rise of dinosaurs but are now ...

PICKERING BEACH, Del. --- Horseshoe crabs have long climbed atop Pickering Beach for mating season, but the arthropods found a fence this mating season that blocked them from reaching a death trap.

Q: When is the horseshoe crab mating season on the Massachusetts shore? I'd like to see them again. JIM, Hinsdale A: Between mid-May and mid June appears to the height. I have seen them mating as ...

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.

Spring is peak mating season for horseshoe crabs, and biologists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) encourage sighting reports with the FWC Reporter application.

STRATFORD -- The horseshoe crab, which has been quietly going about its business for millions of years, is stirring up a storm in Stratford. A few weeks ago, the Town Council put a new law on the ...

FILE: Sacred Heart University researchers tag Horseshoe crabs for a study. Taking great care to be gentle, because improper handling of the crab can kill it, Project Limulus researchers tag a ...

Ariane Mueller / Ariane Müller Pharmeceutical companies could soon have easier access to synthetic alternatives to horseshoe crab blood, a key ingredient used to test vaccines and medical devices for ...