Indianapolis Zoo and Eli Lilly are part of a push to move medical industry away from using horseshoe crab blood and toward ...

As horseshoe crabs have declined, so have other species, such as endangered sea turtles, fish and birds. Most notably, the rufa red knot, a shorebird species that feeds on horseshoe crab eggs during ...

The horseshoe crab has been on Earth for 350 million years. An ancient and complex anatomy hides within its domed shell. From its 10 eyes to its tube-like heart, the horseshoe crab's unique ...

This deprives red knots the opportunity to feed on the nutrient-rich eggs, which are critical to the birds’ survival on their 9,000 ... “Massachusetts horseshoe crab populations might not be able to ...