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 ...

There's no end to the uses for cork, a spongy material that can be used for everything from sealing wine bottles to replacing plastics and building materials. The world's main cork forests ring ...

Their blood is as blue as the sky. And it is also their doom. The horseshoe crab is an exotic animal that many call a “living ...

have existed for more than 300 million years - and we use their pale blue blood to keep us all safe. No, it's not science fiction, just plain old science. We're talking about the horseshoe crab.

In place of white blood cells, they have cells known as amebocytes, which are extremely effective at detecting bacterial ...

Horseshoe crab blood is a vital resource to the medical field. It's unique in more ways than one: the blue color and its ability to identify bacterial contamination in small quantities.

Our television screens have been showing heart-wrenching images of abused dogs and cats, and with those images have come pleas for financial help to try to save those and other animals, many of them ...

Horseshoe crabs molt their distinctive shells about 17 times before reaching maturity at age 10. A synthetic version of their blood has been produced that appears to be on course to eliminate the ...

Kendrapada: Four tagged horseshoe crabs have been discovered along various beaches in Balasore district providing the first ...

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 ...

Today’s lawsuit was filed in Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. Biomedical companies harvest horseshoe crabs and drain their blue blood, which is used to detect toxins in drugs and medical devices ...