The horseshoe crab, particularly the American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), plays a crucial role in coastal ecosystems, especially in areas like Delaware Bay, where it supports a diverse ...

There are a lot of questions as to how blood harvesting affects the American horseshoe crab population, but some researchers are dedicated to the cause of protecting such a significant resource.

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 ...

She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that "no-one really knows the impact the withdrawal of blood has on the life of that crab" when they're put back alive. American horseshoe crabs are now ...

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 ...

In contrast with these findings, commercial amebocyte lysates of the American horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus gave equivocal and inconsistent results. The possibility that our results were due ...

"Horseshoe crab eggs are incredibly nutrient dense, sustaining the federally threatened red knot on their long migratory journey," said American Bird Conservancy Vice President Steve Holmer.

Laurent Ballesta (France) goes looking for horseshoe crabs in the protected waters of Pangatalan Island, the Philippines. Laurent watched as a tri-spine horseshoe crab moved slowly over the mud, ...

but the market for American crab blood is a lucrative one, so the unsustainable harvest continues," said Cernak, who has seen ...

The city-run Kasaoka Horseshoe Crab Museum is housed in a building modeled after the brackish water arthropod. According to curator Kojiro Azumakawa, the horseshoe crab has a bowl-shaped smooth ...