A petition to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries to extend endangered species protection to horseshoe crabs is gaining traction, with a bevy of organizations now backing ...

One of the most striking aspects of the tuatara is its slow, steady pace of life. These reptiles are built for longevity, ...

The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has decided to extend a more than decade-old ban on bait harvesting female ...

In the past three decades, however, horseshoe crab populations have declined by two-thirds in the Delaware Bay, their largest population stronghold. Horseshoe crabs are harvested for use as bait by ...

Bhograi: Red ghost crab which plays an important role in preserving the ecological balance in the mangrove forests, ...

Over the decades, Gauvry has found a way to include local communities in protecting horseshoe crabs by setting up “backyard sanctuaries” around Delaware’s coastline. Big Stone Beach is the most recent ...

The blue blood of threatened horseshoe crabs contains a chemical essential for testing the ... But there are still major ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is weighing possible changes to state policy to allow the harvesting of ...

Since the 1960s when the bright-blue blood of horseshoe crabs was first discovered as a way to detect bacteria in vaccines and other injectables, millions of the ocean dwellers worldwide have been ...

She also said U.S. scientists need the help. “Worldwide, the biggest risk is actually biomedical. So they use horseshoe crab blood to test products for anti-clotting materials,” Easterling said.

Siddhartha Pati, 35, honored with the Biju Patnaik Wildlife Conservation Award 2024 for his horseshoe crab conservation in ...

The blue blood of threatened horseshoe crabs contains a chemical essential for testing the safety of vaccines . So these ...