Feb 12 (Reuters) - 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 ...

The crabs' numbers have been depleted in recent years because of a loss of habitat and their value for testing new medicines.

With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body plan older than dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab reveals how ancient biology still underpins human survival.

A grassroots group of conservationists in Indonesia are racing to help preserve the horseshoe crab, an otherworldly, marine living fossil. Fossils resembling modern horseshoe crabs have been found as ...

The humble horseshoe crab, an ancient species crawling seafloors since before the dawn of the dinosaurs, was durable enough to survive the mass extinctions of eons past. But now, hundreds of millions ...

Horseshoe crabs have survived 300 million years with little change. Their blue blood protects humans from bacterial ...

Horseshoe crabs — also known as “living fossils” — have existed nearly unchanged for the past 445 million years, long before dinosaurs even existed, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

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When the spring high tides strike, tens of thousands of horseshoe crabs descend on the Delaware Bay to spawn. (Steph Yin/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If you take a look at a horseshoe crab, you are essentially ...

They’ve been living in our seas and laying eggs along our beaches long before the dinosaurs even first roamed the Earth.The eggs the horseshoe crabs lay this time of year are an important part of the ...