Horseshoe crabs are often referred to as the "living fossils" of our planet—the four known species, including three in Asia ...

Recent studies have highlighted the importance of identifying and protecting spawning habitats for horseshoe crabs, particularly in regions like the northern Beibu Gulf in China. Research has ...

B ALASORE: The Indian horseshoe crabs, considered one of the oldest living animals on the planet, may soon have safe nesting zones and habitat along the Odisha coast. Researchers of Fakir Mohan ...

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 ...

Due to these regulations, the horseshoe crab population in South Carolina ... two week — and they're back in their natural habitat they did pretty well. Narrator: But it's getting through ...

Its mouth sits between the appendages, each of which has a specialised base that helps grind up food. Editor and Chair of the Jury, Kathy Moran exclaims, ‘to see a horseshoe crab so vibrantly alive in ...

Horseshoe crab populations have crashed in recent decades because of overharvesting and habitat loss. “We’re wiping out one of the world’s oldest and toughest creatures,” said Will Harlan, a senior ...

But not all of the concerns about extinction involve animals and other creatures whose habitat is confined ... commonly known as the Atlantic horseshoe crab, whose blue blood is of great benefit ...

Horseshoe crabs have a component in their blood that ... of mangroves and mudflats that served as the animals’ natural habitat. He added that local fishermen about 40 to 50 years ago would ...