LONG BRANCH, N.J.— The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted today to temporarily halt the harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, a crucial nesting area and stopover habitat ...

where thousands of horseshoe crabs crawl onto the beaches in May and June. During spawning, several males gather around one female who lays her eggs in clusters of up to 5,000 apiece—ultimately ...

And horseshoe crab blood is the only thing humans ... Oher studies suggest female crabs that go through it are less likely to mate afterwards. All of that, say wildlife campaigners, causes problems.

Laurent’s dive assistant spotted a double trail and moved quickly to track this pair preparing to mate. During mating, the male horseshoe crab clasps the much larger female with its hooked appendages, ...

Laurent Ballesta's horseshoe crab wins the grand prize - and the WPY Portfolio Award A picture of a mysterious and other-worldly horseshoe crab has earned Laurent Ballesta the title of Wildlife ...

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 ...

Currently, catching and landing horseshoe crabs is banned on Saturdays ... numbers and would not allow for the harvesting of female crabs. The change to DNR policy was discussed at the Coastal ...