Horseshoe crabs also have 10 eyes—a pair of compound eyes on the front shell and more photo receptors along their tail. Horseshoe crabs’ bodies are divided into three segments. The head ...

This body of work should be both original and outstanding. Laurent Ballesta (France) goes looking for horseshoe crabs in the protected waters of Pangatalan Island, the Philippines. Laurent used a tiny ...

According to curator Kojiro Azumakawa, the horseshoe crab has a bowl-shaped smooth shell, spiny body, crab- or spider-like legs and a long, stout tail. It is a “living fossil” whose appearance ...

Here are some animals from dinosaur era which are still alive. The horseshoe crab has been around for over 450 million years. It's armor like shell and blue blood make it a true survivor. The Japanese ...

The deceptively named horseshoe crab is not part of the crab family at ... for them to shed their small exoskeletons and grow larger shells. In October 2023, the photographer Laurent Ballesta ...