No, it's not science fiction, just plain old science. We're talking about the horseshoe crab. For decades we've needed them, and their blood, to help us discover human medicines. They're being ...

On Nov. 1, the U.S. Pharmacopeia Microbiology Expert Committee published guidelines that removed a significant barrier holding the pharmaceutical industry back from replacing horseshoe crab-derived ...

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 ...

The city-run Kasaoka Horseshoe Crab Museum is housed in a building modeled after the brackish water arthropod. According to curator Kojiro Azumakawa, the horseshoe crab has a bowl-shaped smooth ...

Horseshoe crab blood is highly valuable because it contains a unique substance called Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL), which is used in a test to detect bacterial endotoxins.

What is an Atlantic horseshoe crab? Atlantic horseshoe crabs may appear alien, but their history as earthlings is pretty impressive. They’ve been around for 450 million years, predating the ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday vetoed the Horseshoe Crab Protection Act, passed by the State Legislature in June to ban the taking of horseshoe crabs from New York waters for commercial fishing or ...

Laurent Ballesta's horseshoe crab wins the grand prize - and the WPY Portfolio Award A picture of a mysterious and other-worldly horseshoe crab has earned Laurent Ballesta the title of Wildlife ...