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 ...

Among the four species, only the Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), found along the Atlantic coast of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico, has been extensively studied. In contrast ...

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 ...

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 ...

Each spring along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, horseshoe crabs lay their eggs in massive beach spawning events. Nearly twice as old as the dinosaurs, horseshoe crabs have been crawling ashore for ...