PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A primordial sea animal that lives on the tidal mudflats of the East Coast and serves as a linchpin for the production of vital medicines stands to benefit from new protective ...

There's a theory that giant crabs overwhelmed Amelia Earhart, dismembered her and carried her bones underground. Speculative, at best. Sounds crazy, we know. But so has almost every other horrifying ...

Interstate fishing regulators are limiting the harvest of a primordial species of invertebrate to try to help rebuild its population and aid a threatened species of bird. Fishermen harvest horseshoe ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — Additional protection measures are coming to Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary as the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources works to protect the critical nesting ...

The initiative to save Crab Bank Seabird Sanctuary has taken a giant step forward with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ recent approval of the $124 million Lower Harbor contract as part of the ...

PHILADELPHIA - The horseshoe crab — helmet-like and ungainly, a relic from the age of dinosaurs — was once harvested by the truckload. Nobody counted, and nobody really cared. Today, it is at the ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The horseshoe crab has been scuttling in the ocean and tidal pools for more than 400 million years, playing a vital role in the East Coast ecosystem along with being a prized ...