Every May, millions of horseshoe crabs lay their eggs along the Delaware Bay and tiny birds arrive mid-migration to eat them. Now this natural wonder is threatened by climate change and Big Pharma. Can science save this symbiotic spectacle?
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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
There once was a time when Atlantic horseshoe crabs were plentiful along the East Coast, including the SouthCoast of Massachusetts. Their numbers are dwindling.