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 are often referred to as the "living fossils" of our planet—the four known species, including three in Asia and one in North America, remain nearly identical to their ancient ...

The photo shows the moult of a young tri-spine horseshoe crab – an endangered species – found on the beach at Beihai, China. The genomic data gathered by researchers from the National ...

Evolution and Viability of Asian Horseshoe Crabs Appear Tightly Linked to Geo‐Climatic Dynamics in the Sunda Shelf. Conservation Letters , 2024; 18 (1) DOI: 10.1111/conl.13074 Cite This Page : ...

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 Union for Conservation ... To gather information for the scorecard, starting in December 2024, the coalition will provide a ...