What is an Atlantic horseshoe crab? Atlantic horseshoe crabs may appear alien, but their history as earthlings is pretty impressive. They’ve been around for 450 million years, predating the ...

13 stunning photos from this year’s best wildlife photographers 13 stunning photos from this year’s best wildlife photographers Horseshoe crab blood is key to making a COVID-19 vaccine—but ...

DEC is committed to their conservation and protection by working cooperatively with Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to manage horseshoe crabs along the East Coast. Horseshoe crab ...

Several horseshoe crab mass mortality events have occurred along the Atlantic coast in recent years. A 2021 horseshoe crab die-off in Ocean City, Maryland, resulted in thousands of horseshoe crabs ...

Horseshoe crab populations have crashed in recent decades because of ... Despite their intimidating appearance, they are completely harmless to humans. Each spring along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, ...

An exotic crab has been found in British waters for the first time after travelling 4,000 miles across the Atlantic on a piece of polystyrene. The short-spined hairy crab was found on Chesil Beach ...