An environmental advocacy group is suing the federal government to force regulators to decide if the American horseshoe crab, ...

The best time to see the ancient wonders that are horseshoe crabs is now, as they return to Delaware Bay beaches for spawning season. Horseshoe crabs first developed 540 million years ago in the ...

A press release recently issued by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, titled “Growing Horseshoe Crab Population Supports Migratory Shorebirds along Delaware Bay, ...

Environmental activist groups have no basis for challenging horseshoe crab harvesting guidelines enacted by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), the Delaware ...

DOVER, Del.— The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission decided this week to forgo a 2024 bait harvest of female horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay, where the crabs’ eggs provide a critical food ...

When the spring high tides strike, tens of thousands of horseshoe crabs descend on the Delaware Bay to spawn. (Steph Yin/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would ...

BIG STONE BEACH, DE- Big Stone Beach has joined the growing list of Delaware communities committed to protecting horseshoe crabs, becoming the newest addition to the Ecological Research and ...

The crabs' numbers have been depleted in recent years because of a loss of habitat and their value for testing new medicines.

New York State will phase out the catch of horseshoe crabs in its waters for bait and biomedical use over the next four years ...

Horseshoe crabs spawn along the shore of the Indian River Inlet at James Farm Ecological Preserve in Ocean View, Delaware. (Emma Lee/WHYY) The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has spared ...