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

There are a lot of questions as to how blood harvesting affects the American horseshoe crab population, but some researchers are dedicated to the cause of protecting such a significant resource.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (CN) — Environmental advocates asked a federal judge Friday to block the planned blood harvest of thousands of horseshoe crabs in a South Carolina wildlife refuge. The conservation ...

What is an Atlantic horseshoe crab? Atlantic horseshoe crabs may appear alien, but their history as earthlings is pretty impressive. They’ve been around for 450 million years, predating the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.— The Center for Biological Diversity and 22 partner organizations petitioned NOAA Fisheries today to list the American horseshoe crab as an endangered species under the Endangered ...

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 ...

The longevity of horseshoe crabs is astonishing. They have been around for 450 million years, predating dinosaurs by some 200 million years, and have survived multiple mass extinction events.

This body of work should be both original and outstanding. Laurent Ballesta (France) goes looking for horseshoe crabs in the protected waters of Pangatalan Island, the Philippines. Laurent watched as ...

BALASORE: The Indian horseshoe crabs, considered one of the oldest living animals on the planet, may soon have safe nesting zones and habitat along the Odisha coast. Researchers of Fakir Mohan ...

Horseshoe crab blood is highly valuable because it contains a unique substance called Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL), which ...