A petition filed with the DEP accuses Limuli Laboratories of violating the state's 2008 moratorium on harvesting horseshoe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has decided to forgo a 2024 bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, ...

A familiar sea creature that has helped save lives for decades may now need saving itself. Early each summer, horseshoe crabs crawl up on Massachusetts beaches<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

Horseshoe crab populations in Massachusetts waters are reaching record highs, a sustained rebound that marine biologists attribute to decades of strict harvesting limits and expansive spawning ...

Long Island Sound is home to a living fossil: the horseshoe crab. They have been around for nearly half a billion years, but today this hardy and helmeted species faces new challenges.

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has decided to forgo a 2024 bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, following a vociferous comment period that provoked opposition According ...

Horseshoe crabs are not endangered or threatened in Massachusetts, but their numbers are at historic lows. To protect the species, state wildlife officials are rolling out new regulations. As of 2024, ...

In 2023, the U.S. Pharmacopeia, a scientific nonprofit that sets standards for medicines, announced a proposal to simplify ...

The horseshoe crab has been scuttling in the ocean and tidal pools for more than 400 million years, playing a vital role in the East Coast ecosystem along with being a prized item for fishing bait and ...

A team of researchers say that rather than occupying their own branch in the history of life on Earth, horseshoe crabs are in the same group as spiders and scorpions. By Veronique Greenwood Horseshoe ...