What is an Atlantic horseshoe crab? Atlantic horseshoe crabs may appear ... They’re in the class Merostomata, which means “legs attached to the mouth” because their mouths are literally ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday vetoed legislation that would have banned the harvest of horseshoe crabs as bait or for ...

The horseshoe crab’s carapace hides 12 appendages. One pair, called the chelicerae, is used to push food, such as small invertebrates or algae, into its mouth. The other five pairs are used for ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has been presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to save one of our planet’s greatest unsung heroes ...

No, it's not science fiction, just plain old science. We're talking about the horseshoe crab. For decades we've needed them, and their blood, to help us discover human medicines. They're being ...

A coalition of conservation groups are trying to pressure pharmaceutical companies worldwide to stop using horseshoe crab ...

A coalition of pharmaceutical companies and conservation groups launched the Sustainability Scorecard for Endotoxin Testing ...

Their vision is enhanced by seven additional simpler eyes. Five are located on the surface of the carapace, and two are underneath, by the mouth. These two may help the horseshoe crab orientate when ...

But the commission also approved a deeply flawed model that will allow increased horseshoe crab harvests — including female horseshoe crabs — in future years. The Center for Biological Diversity ...