Feb 12 (Reuters) - Environmental groups on Monday petitioned the U.S. government seeking endangered species protection for the American horseshoe crab, a "living fossil" under threat from commercial ...

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A grassroots group of conservationists in Indonesia are racing to help preserve the horseshoe crab, an otherworldly, marine living fossil. Fossils resembling modern horseshoe crabs have been found as ...

The humble horseshoe crab, an ancient species crawling seafloors since before the dawn of the dinosaurs, was durable enough to survive the mass extinctions of eons past. But now, hundreds of millions ...

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When the spring high tides strike, tens of thousands of horseshoe crabs descend on the Delaware Bay to spawn. (Steph Yin/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would ...

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Stroll along a Cape Cod beach in late August and summer is in full swing. Walk past the sun shelters and towels to the water’s edge. There, on an outgoing tide, is where to find the sea’s treasures.

Horseshoe crabs have roamed Earth for 445 million years. Recognizable by their helmet-shaped shell, they have 10 eyes, six pairs of legs, and a spear-like tail.