Mass Audubon's science coordinator Mark Faherty examines a horseshoe crab in Pleasant Bay, where he has conducted research on them for years. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images If you ...
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Horseshoe Crab Blood Has Long Helped Us Make Safe Medicines. Now, Alternatives That Spare the Ancient Creatures Might Be Breaking Through
An enzyme in the blue blood has been key to testing vaccines since the 1980s, raising concerns for the crabs’ population. But ...
Horseshoe Crabs have been around for 450 million years but are now declining rapidly due to over harvesting. These primeval creatures were living in the oceans before the rise of dinosaurs but are now ...
Several locals have reported "unusual amounts of dead horseshoe crabs" washing up on Massachusetts beaches in recent days. However, officials say the spectacle is no cause for concern, as they're just ...
Horseshoe crab populations in Rhode Island have not rebounded in 25 years despite restoration efforts. The crabs are harvested as bait for fishermen, and their blood is used to test for bacterial ...
Ariane Mueller / Ariane Müller Pharmeceutical companies could soon have easier access to synthetic alternatives to horseshoe crab blood, a key ingredient used to test vaccines and medical devices for ...
NEW YORK— Environmentalists are outraged over Gov. Kathy Hochul's recent decision to veto the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, which prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs from New York waters. The ...
This guest essay reflects the views of Carl Safina, endowed professor for nature and humanity at Stony Brook University. Plenty of people have never seen a horseshoe crab. Of those who have, plenty ...
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