Hochul should sign legislation to protect horseshoe crabs A bill passed this year by the State Legislature would prohibit the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical uses.

Horseshoe crabs’ turquoise, copper-based blood contains a clotting agent that is extremely sensitive to bacteria that cause infections, clotting in their presence.

Environmental groups on Monday petitioned the U.S. government seeking endangered species protection for the American horseshoe crab, a "living fossil" under threat from commercial harvests for ...

A new ban on horseshoe crab harvests in Connecticut aims to turn the keystone species’ declining numbers around.

The Delaware Bay horseshoe crab population has been increasing over the last two decades, which is an encouraging sign, said John Clark, chair of the Atlantic States horseshoe crab management ...

NEW YORK— Environmentalists are outraged over Gov. Kathy Hochul's recent decision to veto the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, which prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs from New York waters ...

Horseshoe Crabs have been around for 450 million years but are now declining rapidly due to over harvesting. These primeval creatures were living in the oceans before the rise of dinosaurs but are ...

Chronicle discovers why horseshoe crabs are getting a lot of attention at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.

Over-harvesting of horseshoe crabs as bait for commercial whelk and eel fisheries has further decimated their numbers, with no sign of recovery even after quotas were imposed, according to the ...