Susan Linder, a horseshoe crab egg density team leader with the Horseshoe Crab Recovery Coalition examines a crab during an interview with The Associated Press at Reeds Beach in Cape May Court ...

PORTLAND, Maine — The horseshoe crab has been scuttling in the ocean and tidal pools for more than 400 million years, playing a vital role in the East Coast ecosystem along with being a prized ...

The Atlantic horseshoe crab, the species harvested on the East Coast, ranges from the Gulf of Maine to Florida. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the species as being ...

Horseshoe crabs visiting the shore of Reeds Beach in New Jersey to lay eggs. Under the new proposal, the fishing industry would be allowed to catch a total of about 150,000 female crabs for bait ...

Predating dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab has roamed the earth for 445 million years, surviving five mass extinctions and three ice ages, but overfishing and habitat loss pose the greatest challenge ...

Horseshoe crab egg density, the number of eggs per square meter on the beach, in Delaware Bay has declined significantly since the 1980s. Back then 40,000 eggs per square meter was the average.

Horseshoe crab blood saves lives. Can we protect these animals from ourselves? Humans rely on the animal’s blood for lab testing, but the full repercussions of the industry are still not understood.

The American Littoral Society educated the public about the world's largest population of spawning horseshoe crabs on the ...

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 ...