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.

Indianapolis Zoo and Eli Lilly are part of a push to move medical industry away from using horseshoe crab blood and toward ...

Safe and effective synthetic alternatives to horseshoe crab blood have been available for decades ... “Doing the right thing means stopping the harvest and removing the use of this vulnerable, ancient ...

What is an Atlantic horseshoe crab ... this substitute but it has not yet ended the practice of harvesting these crabs for their blood. Spawning season comes at different times of year depending ...

Charles River and three other US companies harvest crabs for their blood, which they use to produce a test that ... permit allowing them to bleed crabs on Cape Cod. “Massachusetts horseshoe crab ...

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 doubled since 2017, with more ...

being used as fishing bait in the U.S., and being harvested for their blood to be used in the biomedical field. In 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service banned horseshoe crab harvesting in the ...

The ASMFC is seeking public input on proposed changes to the plan that would allow the commission to set specifications for the male-only harvest of horseshoe crabs for multiple years. There will ...

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 ...