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

Spawning season comes at different times of year depending on location, but the largest lovefest happens at Delaware Bay, where thousands of horseshoe crabs crawl onto the beaches in May and June.

Horseshoe crabs have been on Earth for more than 450 million years - since before the dinosaurs. They are more closely related to spiders and scorpions than crustaceans and can live as long as 25 ...

In the past three decades, however, horseshoe crab populations have declined by two-thirds in the Delaware Bay, their largest population stronghold. Horseshoe crabs are harvested for use as bait by ...

Horseshoe crabs are currently listed as vulnerable by the International ... the coalition will provide a survey to representatives from the 50 largest pharmaceutical companies, as measured by total ...

Biologists from the National University of Singapore conduct the first comprehensive population study of all three Asian horseshoe crab species, mapping their population distribution, evolutionary ...