The primitive compound eyes of a horseshoe crab are one the largest to be found in nature. In contrast to many insects and spiders that build their eyes from glassy proteins, the horseshoe crab uses ...

An enzyme in the blue blood has been key to testing vaccines since the 1980s, raising concerns for the crabs’ population. But ...

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 ...

NORTH CAROLINA (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – You’ve probably seen little horseshoe crabs on so many of our Carolina beaches, “people call them rumbas of the ocean; really, they’ll eat anything in the sediment ...

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 ...

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 ...

Interstate fishing regulators are limiting the harvest of a primordial species of invertebrate to try to help rebuild its population and aid a threatened species of bird. Fishermen harvest horseshoe ...

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 ...