Indianapolis Zoo and Eli Lilly are part of a push to move medical industry away from using horseshoe crab blood and towards synthetic genetically engineered alternatives.

There are a lot of questions as to how blood harvesting affects the American horseshoe crab population, but some researchers are dedicated to the cause of protecting such a significant resource.

The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries is conducting its yearly Horseshoe Crab Spawning Beach Survey and needs help.

Horseshoe crab spawning season has begun in the Lowcountry, according to the South Carolina Aquarium. In an Instagram post, the aquarium said the horseshoe crabs are coming ashore to lay their ...

Laurent Ballesta (France) goes looking for horseshoe crabs in the protected waters of Pangatalan Island, the Philippines. Laurent watched as a tri-spine horseshoe crab moved slowly over the mud, ...

A U.S. court has ordered the state of Maryland to release data on horseshoe crab deaths in the state in response to a lawsuit ...

Horseshoe crab blood is used in medical testing. The Indianapolis Zoo and Eli Lilly are among those advocating for a shift to synthetic alternatives. Horseshoe crab blood has been used in medical ...

Beer, horseshoe crabs and all things Delaware will be celebrated at 302 Day, an event to be held at Dogfish Head 's Milton brewery, Saturday, March 1.

“What was different is that 50 of these points were in the marsh, whereas most horseshoe crab surveys were at the beach. We use mud augers to remove a core of mud, and then check for ...

WILMINGTON, Del.— A coalition of pharmaceutical companies and conservation groups launched the Sustainability Scorecard for Endotoxin Testing to accelerate the adoption of synthetic alternatives to ...

Biomedical companies 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 2017, ...

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 ...