2022 red knot numbers were less than half the 2019 peak count of 30,000

The biomedical industry harvests massive quantities of horseshoe crabs every year, threatening a number of migratory birds that rely on the crabs as a food source. But synthetic alternatives are becoming available.

Coalition flags potential Endangered Species Act violation for fisheries commission

Throughout the animal kingdom, increasing pressures from industry are putting endangered or threatened species like the red knot at risk.

Groups warn that the proposal would likely result in an Endangered Species Act violation

Model upon which horseshoe crab proposal is based remains unavailable to the public

Proposal would have had devastating impacts on the threatened red knot shorebird