The Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, signed by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul late last month, will take full effect in 2029. The ...

As New York phases out horseshoe crabs, researchers and fishermen explore alternative baits to maintain the whelk fishing ...

New research shows South Carolina horseshoe crabs are laying eggs in the salt marsh and those eggs are developing.

The American Horseshoe Crab is about as close as you can get to a creature that shared the Earth with dinosaurs, but the ...

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

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

Will Harlan, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity, says since 2000, horseshoe crab populations have ...

The crabs' numbers have been depleted in recent years because of a loss of habitat and their value for testing new medicines.

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

When the spring high tides strike, tens of thousands of horseshoe crabs descend on the Delaware Bay to spawn. (Steph Yin/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- If you've ever gotten a vaccine, including the COVID vaccine, you have a very unlikely creature to thank. The horseshoe crab. For the last 40 years, the blue blood from the ...