There are a lot of questions as to how blood harvesting affects the American horseshoe crab population, but some researchers are dedicated to the cause of protecting such a significant resource.

Laurent watched as a tri-spine horseshoe crab moved slowly over the mud, searching for food. He focused on the horseshoe crab’s golden, protective carapace and the trio of juvenile golden trevallies ...

The city-run Kasaoka Horseshoe Crab Museum is housed in a building modeled after the brackish water arthropod. According to curator Kojiro Azumakawa, the horseshoe crab has a bowl-shaped smooth ...

But the horseshoe crab issue — preserving the four species ... 15 to July 15 to aid seabirds that depend on the crabs for food. Thus, it’s going to take a delicate balancing act for government ...