A free workshop will be held at the UF/IFAS Extension Office on January 23 to practice skills for Florida Horseshoe Crab ...

In place of white blood cells, they have cells known as amebocytes, which are extremely effective at detecting bacterial ...

The subject of concern is the Limulus polyphemus, commonly known as the Atlantic horseshoe crab, whose blue blood is of great benefit to the medical and pharmaceutical industries. The blood of ...

The horseshoe crab is an exotic animal that many call a “living fossil”, as it has existed on Earth for over 450 million years and has lived among dinosaurs and humans. Its issue is the latter ...

A big part of that happy story is the return to East Harbor of the Atlantic horseshoe crab, a critically important species that has been in decline. Around 2010, park staff noticed horseshoe crab ...

The researchers performed DNA sequencing on individual cells of the horseshoe crab gills and discovered a crab enhancer that, ...

A recent study has uncovered the surprising evolutionary origin of the mammalian outer ear, linking it to the gills of ancient fish and marine invertebrates. The research reveals that both structures ...

For nearly 60 years, drug manufacturers have depended on a protein found in horseshoe crab blood cells to detect toxins in injectable drugs, vaccines, and medical equipment. Annually, an average of ...

First come the horseshoe crabs. Hoisting their round ... a fling of brown birds called dunlins was probing the sand for crab eggs with their long black beaks and nervously eyeing Seiler and ...