For 40 years, researchers relied on horseshoe crab blood to catch endotoxins in drugs. Now, synthetic alternatives and ...

Why electric rates will be lower this winter; and RI's rising number of disability pensions for first responders.

These 9 coastal havens offer peaceful shores and small-town vibes that will melt your stress away! South Bethany wears its nickname “The Quiet Resort” like a badge of honor. This peaceful beach town ...

Horseshoe crab ancestors first appeared in the fossil record 450 million years ago. But climate change and harvesting are ...

From May to August, during the horseshoe crab's mating season, along Maryland's eastern shoreline visitors can see these creatures make their way to shore during low tide.

As horseshoe crab populations decline along the Atlantic coast, the ripple effects threaten to destabilize entire ecosystems and compromise vital medical resources that millions of humans depend upon.

The ocean is a wild habitat where any keen beachgoer could spy a myriad of marine life that comes covered in shells or swims along.

Horseshoe crabs, ancient arthropods related to spiders and scorpions, are commonly seen all along the Jersey Shore down to the Delaware Bay, where they breed.

Cangrejo herradura. Imagen de Openverse. Horseshoe crabs (Limulidae) represent one of Earth’s oldest surviving lineages, having existed in their current form since before the dinosaurs. Despite their ...

In response to the alarming overharvesting and endangerment of horseshoe crabs on Long Island, conservationist John Turner of Seatuck is launching a groundbreaking fall project to create a lab-based, ...

The horseshoe crab in the amazing YouTube clip captured at Aquaria KLCC in Malaysia appears to have gotten itself in a tricky situation! You normally see them scuttling around the ocean floor, but ...