Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this story misidentified Jack Levin and Frederik Bang’s organization. It is the Marine Biological Laboratory. EAST FALMOUTH, Mass. — For 450 million ...

Freaking out is understandable when encountering a horseshoe crab on the beach. After all, these ancient creatures have five pairs of legs, ten eyes, long spiky tails, and mouths on the bottom of ...

On a moonlit spring night on Cape Cod, female horseshoe crabs reenact a ritual that has persisted for over 450 million years. Within half an hour each female has laid several clutches of 4,000 eggs ...

Undergraduate students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore help build an artificial beach platform for spawning horseshoe crabs in the 94th Street canal in Ocean City in July. The Center for ...

WEST SAYVILLE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- The safety of any new coronavirus vaccine will depend on the help from an ancient marine creature. Horseshoe crabs have been helping pharmaceutical companies for ...

If there was ever a competition for the “perfect species,” the humble horseshoe crab likely would be a top contender. Its design is so flawless that it has remained essentially unchanged for about 445 ...

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — The fight against coronavirus has an unusual ally -- horseshoe crabs. The animals are helping researchers develop a vaccine against the virus. "They’ve been around for 450 ...

Every spring across the beaches of the Delaware Bay, thousands of rufa red knots — robin-sized shorebirds — arrive from the tip of South America for the horseshoe crab spawning season to refuel for ...

The highest levels of South Carolina’s governmental leadership could still allow some of the state’s last protected areas to be accessed by fishermen harvesting horseshoe crabs for a multinational ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Allen Burgenson had a job, his father explained as they stood on the sand. This was Allen's first fishing trip, but he wasn't going to take anything from the bay. He was to return ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Horseshoe Crab Rescue! It's breeding time for the horseshoe crabs, which means they will come to the beach to lay and fertilize eggs. Horseshoe crabs have ...

The Center for Biological Diversity filed suit Wednesday against the Maryland Department of Natural Resources over what they call "thousands" of horseshoe crab deaths. The suit revolves around issues ...