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

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.

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.

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 ...

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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, ...

Environmentalists are suing the federal government over what they say is a failure to protect the horseshoe crab, a prehistoric-looking species that is important to the survival of shore birds in ...

The Center for Biological Diversity sued the National Marine Fisheries Service on Monday for failing to make a preliminary decision on whether to protect American horseshoe crabs under the Endangered ...

Environmentalists on Monday sued NOAA Fisheries for slow-walking a decision on whether to protect American horseshoe crabs under the Endangered Species Act. Joined in the lawsuit by 25 allied ...

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 ...