Harvest of male horseshoe crabs in the Delaware Bay will continue in 2025, and the commission increased Maryland and Virginia’s respective male harvest quota to make up for the lost harvest of female ...

Horseshoe crab blood is extremely important for medical use, as it is used as a safety test for vaccines. Hence, it is being eyed by poachers. Odisha is home to a significant population of horseshoe ...

According to Maryland officials, the maximum allowable landings for male horseshoe crabs per year ... would not allow for the harvesting of female crabs. The change to DNR policy was discussed ...

As part of the Marine Biological Laboratory’s Falmouth Forum series, biologist Michael Dawson will give a talk titled “The Horseshoe Crab: Ancient Mariner and Modern Medicine,” on Friday ...

Male and female black widow spiders exhibit striking differences. Females are larger, with glossy black bodies and a red hourglass marking, while males are smaller and drabber. Females are known ...

The Kasaoka Horseshoe Crab Museum displays live specimens caught by accident in fishing nets. A film tracing the evolution of horseshoe crabs and other creatures is shown in the museum, with an area ...

While both are arachnids and spine chilling to behold, there are many differences between a male vs female black widow spider. You may not know just how many differences there are between them, and ...

A male Pileated Woodpecker. Pixabay photo These anchor points serve well as the woodpecker uses them to actively probe crevices in the bark, as well as to hammer away wood in search of grubs lurking ...