Chronicle discovers why horseshoe crabs are getting a lot of attention at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Horseshoe crabs are used by around a dozen fishermen around Long Island in traps for eels and whelk, or conch. Seen here: a baby horseshoe crab in 2015. Credit: David L. Pokress ...

We leave you this Sunday with horseshoe crabs crabbing around off the coast of Maine. Videographer: Mauricio Handler.

“We are thinking to conduct a trial on other hotspots of horseshoe crab distribution, for example, Shui Hau and on Lantau Island,” she added. Drones, AI help to conserve HK horseshoe crabs ...

Blue blood from horseshoe crabs is needed for medicine, but a declining bird relies on crabs to eat PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press Aug 5, 2023 Updated Nov 5, 2023 0 ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries Research Institute released on Friday 2,000 tri-spine horseshoe crabs in the waters off Penghu to support the species’ recovery in the wild ...

How does the moon impact horseshoe crabs? Horseshoe crabs are connected to the moon’s lunar cycle, spawning in large numbers during the full moon and new moon. This also coincides with high tides.

New Jersey lawmakers banned all fishing for horseshoe crabs in 2008 in a bid to help both crabs and red knots. The ban is unpopular with local fishermen, who use the crabs as bait to catch eel and ...

Pickering Beach is a horseshoe crab sanctuary and part of the Delaware Bayshore Byway. What it lacks in amenities, it makes up for in bird sightings and serenity.

BOISE, Idaho — The Horseshoe Bend Emergency Management Team issued an emergency water conservation order Thursday in Horseshoe Bend after the Payette River turned dark brown. Officials ordered ...

A vehicle crash involving a van hauling barrels of blue crabs temporarily closed Interstate 64 early Thursday morning after the crustaceans were scattered all over the roadway.