New York State will phase out the catch of horseshoe crabs in its waters for bait and biomedical use over the next four years ...

Starting in May 2025, there will be a new set of quality standards for the pharmaceutical industry to move away from using horseshoe crabs for drug testing. NJ Spotlight News' contributing writer Jon ...

The horseshoe crabs that clamber like armored warriors by the thousands each spring across Delaware Bay beaches in New Jersey trace back hundreds of millions of years to the age of dinosaurs. While ...

An environmental advocacy group is suing the federal government to force regulators to decide if the American horseshoe crab, ...

Once there was a superabundance of horseshoe crabs; armadas of females blanketed the beaches of the Delaware Bayshore. Through the 1990s, New Jersey’s horseshoe crab breeding and coinciding red knot ...

A new study looking at horseshoe crabs in the Long Island Sound confirms the ancient creatures face potential extinction. The threat stems from climate change, loss of habitat, and overharvesting.

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 now ...

Horseshoe crabs are not endangered or threatened in Massachusetts, but their numbers are at historic lows. To protect the species, state wildlife officials are rolling out new regulations. As of 2024, ...

Aravind Krishnan, a 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania student, is working to find an alternative to horseshoe crab blood, which is used to test for pathogens in vaccines and on medical devices.

ALBANY — New York State is coming to the aid of Long Island’s horseshoe crabs, an ancient and alien-looking species that has unique biomedical properties in its bright blue blood that played a role in ...