BALTIMORE— A new scorecard ranks the top pharmaceutical companies by their transition away from horseshoe crab blood used in drug safety testing. Horseshoe crab blood is used to detect toxins in a ...

NAPLES, Florida (WBBH) — Horseshoe crabs have been around for millions of years, but did you know they also save human lives? “Their blood contains a factor which is highly, highly sensitive to ...

Believe it or not, horseshoe crabs help ensure the safety of pharmaceuticals and save human lives. There is a chemical, Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL), derived from horseshoe crab blood that ...

Since the 1960s when the bright-blue blood of horseshoe crabs was first discovered as a way to detect bacteria in vaccines and other injectables, millions of the ocean dwellers worldwide have been ...

Aravind Krishnan, a 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania student, is working to find an alternative to horseshoe crab blood, which is used to test for pathogens in vaccines and on medical devices.

Horseshoe crab populations have crashed and their habitat is disappearing. Advocates say Endangered Species Act protections are urgently needed.(Courtesy Gregory Breese/USFWS) When you walk down the ...

ALBANY — New York State is coming to the aid of Long Island’s horseshoe crabs, an ancient and alien-looking species that has unique biomedical properties in its bright blue blood that played a role in ...

PORTLAND, Maine -- The horseshoe crab has been scuttling in the ocean and tidal pools for more than 400 million years, playing a vital role in the East Coast ecosystem along with being a prized item ...