A small intervention restored a lagoon in Cape Cod National Seashore and brought back horseshoe crabs by the hundreds.

A whole deep fried soft shell crab on a roll with mayonnaise - Lauripatterson/Getty Images Soft shell crabs are a remarkable dining experience. Unlike regular old hard shell crabs, you can eat ...

The New York State Legislature passed a bill last June banning the harvesting of horseshoe crabs for bait and biomedical purposes, and environmental groups are pressuring Governor Kathy Hochul to sign ...

The longevity of horseshoe crabs is astonishing. They have been around for 450 million years, predating dinosaurs by some 200 million years, and have survived multiple mass extinction events.

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JOHOR BARU: Ahmad Mustafa used to sell horseshoe crabs for a living, a job he inherited from his father – until he noticed a decline in the population of the species. But he did not give up.

Nature’s unique defenders come with remarkable outer shells, providing protection and survival advantages. Here are ten ...

One solution to help curb the crabs’ impact? Catch them, cook them and eat them, just as Shell + Claw’s co-founders do. Crabs caught in the York River are taken by Masi and Sewall, when they ...

Sam Sewall, the co-founder of Shell + Claw in York, stacks a trap to harvest green crabs, an invasive species now present in the Gulf of Maine. The species are safe to eat, and Masi and Sewall ...