Horseshoe crabs are commonly referred to as 'living fossils.' They have existed for more than 200 million years, even ...

BALTIMORE— A new scorecard ranks the top pharmaceutical companies by their transition away from horseshoe crab blood used in drug safety testing. Horseshoe crab blood is used to detect toxins in a ...

Horseshoe crab spawning season has begun in the Lowcountry, according to the South Carolina Aquarium. In an Instagram post, the aquarium said the horseshoe crabs are coming ashore to lay their ...

When our blood mixes with oxygen, it turns red, but horseshoe crab blood turns blue, which is key to its value in the medical field. “The copper has these special coagulating properties ...

Jay Bolden, senior director of quality at Lilly, said. Lilly began decreasing it’s usage of horseshoe crab blood in 2016. “Recombinant factor C is the testing agent that still detects ...

This documentary film follows biologists Larry Niles & Amanda Dey and their team of dedicated researchers & volunteers as they study the decline of the Horseshoe crab along the Delaware Bay area ...