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 ...

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 ...

Horseshoe crabs, those alien-eyed walking helmets that scuttle in the shallows along New Jersey’s beaches, have quietly saved human lives for decades. Now scientists have developed a manmade test that ...

A petition to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries to extend endangered species protection to horseshoe crabs is gaining traction, with a bevy of organizations now backing the ...

A primordial sea animal that lives on the tidal mudflats of the East Coast and serves as a linchpin for the production of vital medicines stands to benefit from new protective standards. But ...

LOWER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Six thousand baby horseshoe crabs are making their way in the waters near Cape May this weekend, thanks to a Rutgers University center that grows and releases them into the ...

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 ...

Wildlife protection advocates are welcoming a decision by the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission to approve protections for horseshoe crabs during spawning, which is when the creatures ...

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, ...