The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Council (ASMFC) has voted to continue a ban on female horseshoe crab bait harvesting in ...

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

NEW YORK — French artist Pierre Huyghe was in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, recently, peering into a plastic bucket of water containing small horseshoe crabs. Little did they know, the scuttling crabs ...

For the Amant art center in Brooklyn, the artist Pierre Huyghe takes inspiration from a Superfund site for a new aquarium commission. Pierre Huyghe with his installation at the Amant arts center, ...

The horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is often described as a "living fossil," a species that has endured for over 450 million years. It outlasted the mass extinctions and dramatic shifts in Earth's ...

I grew up on the east coast with frequent trips to Cape Cod where horseshoe crabs were common on the shore. They are one of the strangest critters ever; they are ancient animals who have been on earth ...

FILE: Rebha Raviraj, a project manager from the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut said the Horseshoe crab, a 400 million year old species, is facing a variety of threats including ...

Horseshoe crab populations continue to decline and that's raising alarm from researchers. The species is continuing on the decline, according to new research from the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk.

A new study looking at horseshoe crabs in the Long Island Sound confirms the ancient creatures face potential extinction. The threat stems from climate change, loss of habitat, and overharvesting.

Several locals have reported "unusual amounts of dead horseshoe crabs" washing up on Massachusetts beaches in recent days. However, officials say the spectacle is no cause for concern, as they're just ...