The federal government is shutting down the harvest of a species of marine invertebrate in a national wildlife refuge during the spawning season to try to give the animal a chance to reproduce.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rare trilobite larvae or horseshoe crab hatchlings on Aug. 27, 2024, at the Butterfly House & Aquarium in Sioux Falls. This ...

Taylor Henry, 8, volunteered to count horseshoe crabs along the shoreline at midnight. He said the way the males pile on top of one another reminds him of "cuddling" with his cat, Catty. At Stage ...

At Stage Harbor in Chatham, Derek Perry, the state’s horseshoe crab biologist, walks the shoreline, counting how many horseshoe crabs fall within a 25-square-meter area. It’s not an easy task, ...