The Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, signed by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul late last month, will take full effect in 2029. The ...

New research shows South Carolina horseshoe crabs are laying eggs in the salt marsh and those eggs are developing.

Horseshoe crabs face serious danger when they become flipped onto their backs, often unable to right themselves. In this ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation that will ultimately ban the catch and biomedical use of the crabs. By Jon Hurdle New York State will phase out the catch of horseshoe crabs in its waters for bait ...

The American Horseshoe Crab is about as close as you can get to a creature that shared the Earth with dinosaurs, but the Center for Biological Diversity said the marine animals are in trouble.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Horseshoe crabs have patrolled the world's shallow coastal waters for hundreds of millions of years, outlasting the dinosaurs ...

The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the federal government for failing to protect American horseshoe crabs under the Endangered Species Act. Will Harlan, a senior scientist at the Center, ...

A conservation group sued President Donald Trump's administration on Monday over its failure to act on protecting American horseshoe crabs, which are increasingly threatened by the harvesting of their ...

A red knot picks eggs off the shell of a female horseshoe crab. The male crab is the smaller one behind her. Jan van de Kam Griendtsveen NL HiltonHead Environmentalists are suing the federal ...