Thousands of dead horseshoe crabs are washing up on Maryland shores after having their “blue blood” harvested, according to a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity. The suit ...

Due to these regulations, the horseshoe crab population in South Carolina is increasing and has been for the past 15 years. Understanding the vital role HSC's unique blue blood plays in the safe ...

Since the 1960s when the bright-blue blood of horseshoe crabs was first discovered as a way to detect bacteria in vaccines and other injectables, millions of the ocean dwellers worldwide have been ...

Discover 10 fascinating animals with blue blood and learn how hemocyanin helps them survive in extreme and low-oxygen habitats.

Starting July 1, new laws on blue crab fishery will go into effect on South Carolina waterways. The changes aim to get a ...

From CoastalReview.org A proposal to limit commercial fishers’ harvest of blue crabs treads rough waters after advisory ...

Biomedical companies also harvest horseshoe crabs and drain their blue blood, which is used to detect toxins in drugs and medical devices. Horseshoe crab blood harvests have virtually doubled since ...

photo by Timothy Fadek This is the fate of hundreds of thousands of horseshoe crabs each year in the United States at the hands of the biomedical industry. The animals’ blood—bright blue because it ...

Raising concerns over hundreds of Horseshoe Crab carcasses scattered along the ... for its robust immune system and the use of its blue blood in producing rapid diagnostic reagents to test the ...

In this episode of C&EN Uncovered, host Craig Bettenhausen speaks with C&EN assistant editor Laurel Oldach about the use of horseshoe crab blood in pharmaceutical endotoxin testing, the challenges of ...