The Most Expensive Blood in the World: Why This Animal Is Vital to Humans
The Ancient Guardians of Modern Medicine: The Horseshoe Crab’s Blue Blood For 450 million years, the American sharptail (Limulus polyphemus), commonly known as the horseshoe crab, has roamed the Earth’s oceans. This living fossil,resembling prehistoric creatures like trilobites,has remained virtually unchanged since the dawn of life on land.Today, this ancient arthropod plays a critical … Read more