Horseshoe crabs are often referred to as the "living fossils" of our planet—the four known species, including three in Asia ...

They’re also one of the world’s largest arthropods, animals with no backbone, external skeletons, and multiple-jointed appendages. In this crab’s case, those appendages are its 10 legs.

State biologists reassure community members that what appears to be dead crabs littering beaches near Mukilteo are mostly molted shells. People have reported large numbers of Dungeness crab shells on ...

Chaos ensued on a subway train after a passenger's bag full of live crabs broke open, resulting in the arthropods tumbling out. The woman can be seen jumping out of her seat and rushing toward the ...

Horseshoe crabs have saved countless human lives, and now we should return the favor.” Horseshoe crabs are brown, body-armored arthropods with 10 eyes and a long, spiked tail. Despite their ...

Horseshoe crabs are brown, body-armored arthropods with 10 eyes and a long, spiked tail. Despite their intimidating appearance, they are completely harmless to humans. Each spring along the Atlantic ...

The city-run Kasaoka Horseshoe Crab Museum is housed in a building modeled after the brackish water arthropod. According to curator Kojiro Azumakawa, the horseshoe crab has a bowl-shaped smooth ...

The fossils included Scalidophora, a subgroup of Ecdysozoa. Ecdysozoans include arthropods (such as insects and crabs), nematodes (roundworms), and smaller groups like kinorhynchs (“mud dragons ...