Horseshoe crabs are not endangered or threatened in Massachusetts, but their numbers are at historic lows. To protect the species, state wildlife officials are rolling out new regulations. As of 2024, ...

The east coast’s horseshoe crab spawning season generally runs from May through June, according to DNR. The crabs typically spawn during a full moon, when the high tide allows them easy access to the ...

CUMMAQUID — In the tidal flats bordering the beach at Mass Audubon's Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, where the waters of Barnstable Harbor ebb and flow through the Great Marshes behind the Sandy Neck ...

As the weather warms each year on Cape Cod, an ancient species older than dinosaurs crawls up just below the sandy shores to spawn. Then in the midst of their mass mating event, the unlucky ones are ...

Along the Atlantic Coast, one species is supporting ecological and human health — the American horseshoe crab. In Maryland, horseshoe crabs are a common site on the coast and in coastal bays. Harvest ...

While South Carolina has made significant strides in recent years to protect the health of horseshoe crabs in its waters — and in turn protecting the red knot shorebirds that feed on the crabs’ eggs ...

The horseshoe crab was about to make the same journey his species had made since before the dinosaurs roamed the earth. But as the young male horseshoe crab scuttled through Edisto Beach’s murky water ...

Friday night hockey riddled with uncertainty as players' strike in ECHL looms Professional hockey players in theEast Coast Hockey League are set to go on strike Friday night.That is if the league and ...