If you happen upon an overturned horseshoe crab on the beach this summer, don't be afraid to give it a helping hand. Though they look menacing, horseshoe crabs do not bite or sting. The tail, which ...

Horseshoe crabs — with their spidery legs, shield-like shells and long tails — might look intimidating. But they’re quite helpless when their awkward bodies flip upside down, and they can’t get ...

Taking great care to be gentle, because improper handling of the crab can kill it, Project Limulus researchers tag a Horseshoe Crab at Milford Point. They’ve got 12 legs, 10 eyes, eggs that can ...

Horseshoe crabs have been around for more than 300 million years -- even before dinosaurs. Crawling along the beach, they might look like funny helmets with long tails, but these living fossils play a ...

DAVID: YOU’RE LOOKING AT MEDICINE’S WARNING BELL. HORSESHOE CRABS. THE ALARM ISN’T IN THESE ANCIE SEA CREATURES’ NINE EYES, NOR THEIR INKY, WIGGLY 12 LEGS, OR EVEN THEIR MENACING-LOOKING TAIL JUTTING ...

Freaking out is understandable when encountering a horseshoe crab on the beach. After all, these ancient creatures have five pairs of legs, ten eyes, long spiky tails, and mouths on the bottom of ...

The best time to see the ancient wonders that are horseshoe crabs is now, as they return to Delaware Bay beaches for spawning season. Horseshoe crabs first developed 540 million years ago in the ...

Horseshoe crab populations have crashed and their habitat is disappearing. Advocates say Endangered Species Act protections are urgently needed.(Courtesy Gregory Breese/USFWS) When you walk down the ...

Undergraduate students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore help build an artificial beach platform for spawning horseshoe crabs in the 94th Street canal in Ocean City in July. The Center for ...

Two animal mysteries associated with coastlines intrigue me. Who ate the first raw oyster? Who picked up the first horseshoe crab? The first person who pried open what looks like a rough gray rock and ...

SALISBURY, Maryland (WBAL) — The Maryland horseshoe crab is playing a vital role in ensuring the coronavirus vaccine is clean and safe to use. The ancient sea creatures are serving as medicine’s ...