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 ...

The photo shows the moult of a young tri-spine horseshoe crab – an endangered species – found on the beach at Beihai, China. The genomic data gathered by researchers from the National ...

A judge in Maryland today sided with the Center for Biological Diversity in a lawsuit arguing that the Maryland Department of ...

Indianapolis Zoo and Eli Lilly are part of a push to move medical industry away from using horseshoe crab blood and towards ...

When water temperatures rise to 60 degrees and level off after the last cold snaps of winter, the coastline welcomes horseshoe crabs for their annual spawn. From late March until June is when ...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore examined the genomic dataset they generated to propose tailored conservation strategies for each of the three Asian horseshoe crab species ...

Horseshoe crab blood is used in medical testing. The Indianapolis Zoo and Eli Lilly are among those advocating for a shift to synthetic alternatives. Horseshoe crab blood has been used in medical ...