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 place of white blood cells, they have cells known as amebocytes, which are extremely effective at detecting bacterial ...

NEW YORK— Environmentalists are outraged over Gov. Kathy Hochul's recent decision to veto the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, which prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs from New York waters.

The subject of concern is the Limulus polyphemus, commonly known as the Atlantic horseshoe crab, whose blue blood is of great benefit to the medical and pharmaceutical industries. The blood of ...

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 ...

In April, Florida Today photographer Malcolm Denemark brought you the story of the epic event in Titusville where thousands of horseshoe crabs spawned along the banks of the Indian River Lagoon.

A free workshop will be held at the UF/IFAS Extension Office on January 23 to practice skills for Florida Horseshoe Crab ...

Horseshoe crab blood is highly valuable because it contains a unique substance called Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL), which is used in a test to detect bacterial endotoxins. This test, known as ...

Australian researchers found that peptides isolated from the Brazilian tarantula and Japanese horseshoe crab can “kill metastatic melanoma cells” Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

Kendrapada: Four tagged horseshoe crabs have been discovered along various beaches in Balasore district providing the first ...