Horseshoe Crabs and Red Knots in New Jersey

May 14, 2012

Labeled living fossils, horseshoe crabs date back in the fossil record more than 350 million years. Not true crabs at all, these marine animals are actually more closely related to spiders and scorpions than Crustaceans (the group that includes crabs, lobsters and shrimp). Spring moons summon horseshoe crabs from the ocean floor to beaches and […]

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