The Delaware Bay region is the epicenter of horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, activity, and despite the ecological and commercial importance of this species, few studies have examined the long-term ...

Digital dissection shows that two horseshoe crab appendages -- the pushing leg and the male pedipalp -- each have one more muscle than had been thought, according to a study published February 14, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Breeding activity of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, was quantitatively monitored in Apalachee Bay, Florida, throughout one breeding ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) in Sussex County, ...

If you have ever gotten a vaccine or received an intravenous drug and did not come down with a potentially life-threatening fever, you can thank a horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). How can animals, ...

On a moonlit spring night on Cape Cod, female horseshoe crabs reenact a ritual that has persisted for over 450 million years. Within half an hour each female has laid several clutches of 4,000 eggs ...

Horseshoe crabs, those almost pre-historic-looking creatures that we occasionally see washed up on the shore, hold a special place in medicine. But that's about to change. Horseshoe crabs, Limulus ...

Our television screens have been showing heart-wrenching images of abused dogs and cats, and with those images have come pleas for financial help to try to save those and other animals, many of them ...

Limulus polyphemus - the Atlantic horseshoe crab, found along the Atlantic coast of the United States and the Southeast Gulf of Mexico. By Breese Greg, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, CC 3.0. Limulus ...

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The discovery suggested that horseshoe crab brains haven’t changed much and that there are more ways for soft tissues to be preserved in the fossil record. By Priyanka Runwal Brain tissue is innately ...

STRATFORD -- The horseshoe crab, which has been quietly going about its business for millions of years, is stirring up a storm in Stratford. A few weeks ago, the Town Council put a new law on the ...