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

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.

Laurent watched as a tri-spine horseshoe crab moved slowly over the mud, searching for food. He focused on the horseshoe crab’s golden, protective carapace and the trio of juvenile golden trevallies ...

their eggs are the single most important food source for millions of migrating shorebirds, including threatened birds, such as the Red Knot, she added. As horseshoe crab populations have ...

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 ...

But the commission also approved a deeply flawed model that will allow increased horseshoe crab harvests — including female horseshoe crabs — in future years. The Center for Biological Diversity ...

where the crabs’ eggs provide a critical food source for endangered migratory shorebirds. But the commission still upheld an intrinsically flawed computer model that increases horseshoe crab harvests ...