The medical use of horseshoe crabs highlights the dilemma between human safety, environmental sustainability, and scientific ...

Taking great care to be gentle, because improper handling of the crab can kill it, Project Limulus researchers tag a Horseshoe Crab at Milford Point. They’ve got 12 legs, 10 eyes, eggs that can ...

In April, Florida Today photographer Malcolm Denemark brought you the story of the epic event in Titusville where thousands of horseshoe crabs spawned along the banks of the Indian River Lagoon. "This ...

Here & Now's Scott Tong takes a trip to a Delaware Beach to see horseshoe crabs mating. The undignified process takes on a new resonance amid considerable concern about a decline in population, as the ...

Hundreds of millions of years later, these species are nearly indistinguishable from their prehistoric ancestors. A horseshoe crab is seen swimming along the sea floor in coastal waters surrounding ...

Marine life bounced back surprisingly quickly after the ‘mother of mass extinctions’ killed 81% of marine species 251.9 million years ago. More than 1,000 fossils uncovered in southern China show fish ...