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Horseshoe crab blood is vital for testing intravenous drugs, but new synthetic alternatives could...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 8 months agoHorseshoe crabs in spawning season at Reeds Beach, N.J., on June 13, 2023. AP Photo/Matt RourkeIf...
Blue blood from horseshoe crabs is needed for medicine, but a declining bird relies on crabs to eat
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe horseshoe crab has been scuttling in the ocean and tidal pools for more than 400 million years,...
Horseshoe crabs get new lifeline in Ocean City with help from UMES students
Delmarva Now | The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFor the countless horseshoe crabs that trek up Ocean City's 94th Street canal, a successful spawning...
Thousands of dead crabs are washing up on Maryland shores after having their ‘blue blood’ harvested,...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoHorseshoe crab blood harvests have virtually doubled since 2017, with nearly one million horseshoe...
Horseshoe crab harvest change could severely impact red knots in Delaware Bay | Opinion
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDelaware Bay hosts one of nature’s great marvels — the springtime spawning of millions of horseshoe...
Court order halts horseshoe crab harvesting on many SC beaches, protecting red knots
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDozens of critical habitat areas for threatened shorebirds will be protected after a U.S. District...
Horseshoe crabs lifeblood for watermen and health care, to get reprieve from harvesting
Delmarva Now | The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAtlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has decided to forgo a 2024 bait harvest of female...
US Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to stop horseshoe crab harvesting on Cape Romain
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to stop allowing for the harvesting of horseshoe...
Delaware's horseshoe crab policy is in urgent need of reform | Opinion
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA press release recently issued by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental...
CT’s ‘living fossils,’ on the road to extinction, get fighting chance with new harvesting ban
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPredating dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab has roamed the earth for 445 million years, surviving five...