Horseshoe Crab. The horseshoe crab, a marine arthropod, has a sophisticated visual system with 10 eyes distributed across its body, each serving a specific function. Although often mistaken for ...

They've got 10 eyes, have existed for more than 300 million ... We're talking about the horseshoe crab. For decades we've needed them, and their blood, to help us discover human medicines.

What is an Atlantic horseshoe crab? Atlantic horseshoe crabs may appear ... Horseshoe crabs also have 10 eyes—a pair of compound eyes on the front shell and more photo receptors along their ...

With clouds of mud billowing up from the seabed and resettling slowly, it took several attempts before Laurent achieved this shot, showing one of the horseshoe crab’s eyes, with its emerald ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md.— The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Maryland Department of Natural Resources under the state’s Public Information Act for failing to release information detailing ...

The horseshoe crab has been on Earth for 350 million years. An ancient and complex anatomy hides within its domed shell. From its 10 eyes to its tube-like heart, the horseshoe crab's unique ...