Concern has been raised about the ability of horseshoe crabs Limulus polyphemus to traverse intertidal rack-and-bag oyster farms, and how farms may change shorebird foraging activity. During the 2016 ...

When hospitals are checking medical devices for sepsis-causing bacteria, they utilize a chemical derived from horseshoe crab blood. A new aquaculture system is promised to deliver a more sustainable ...

In Delaware Bay, migratory shorebirds dig for eggs beside the shell of a horseshoe crab. Jan van de Kam Griendtsveen Provided Dozens of critical habitat areas for threatened shorebirds will be ...

Along the Atlantic Coast, one species is supporting ecological and human health — the American horseshoe crab. In Maryland, horseshoe crabs are a common site on the coast and in coastal bays. Harvest ...

Horseshoe crabs spawn along the shore of the Indian River Inlet at James Farm Ecological Preserve in Ocean View, Delaware. (Emma Lee/WHYY) The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has spared ...

Harvesting of horseshoe crabs will end on more than 30 islands along the South Carolina coast under a new deal conservation groups struck with Charles River Laboratories. The deal comes in the wake of ...

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Aravind Krishnan, a 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania student, is working to find an alternative to horseshoe crab blood, which is used to test for pathogens in vaccines and on medical devices.

Dozens of critical habitat areas for threatened shorebirds will be protected after a U.S. District Court in Charleston handed down an order prohibiting three groups from harvesting horseshoe crabs on ...