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Koreshan girls gathering horseshoe crabs at Estero, Florida

Koreshan girls gathering horseshoe crabs at Estero, Florida

: 257263 ( http://257263 ) ..Local call number: KOR1336..Title: Koreshan girls gathering horseshoe crabs at Estero, Florida..Date: ca. 1910..Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w - 4 x 5 in...Series Title: Kores... More

A close up of a bunch of rocks in the water. Horseshoe crabs crabs horseshoe.

A close up of a bunch of rocks in the water. Horseshoe crabs crabs hor...

A group of large green shells on the beach / A group of clams on the beach / Public domain stock photo.

Bill Bierra fillets horseshoe crabs on the dock at Newport Harbor in Newport, Rhode Island

Bill Bierra fillets horseshoe crabs on the dock at Newport Harbor in N...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2018:052-3) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Ca... More

Koreshans girls gathering horseshoe crabs on Estero Island, Florida

Koreshans girls gathering horseshoe crabs on Estero Island, Florida

: 257263 ( http://257263 ) ..Local call number: KOR1336..Title: Koreshans girls gathering horseshoe crabs on Estero Island, Florida..Date: ca. 1920..Physical descrip: 1 photoprint - b&w. - 4 x 5 in...Series Tit... More

A close up of a metal object on a wall Horseshoe crabs limulidae fossil.

A close up of a metal object on a wall Horseshoe crabs limulidae fossi...

Fossil in the sand, sand, nature, animal, animal, animal, animal, animal, animal, animal, animal, animal, animal, animal, animal, animal, animal, animal / A close up of a metal object on a wall / Animals public... More

Horseshoe crabs (Limulidae) returning to breed, Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.

Horseshoe crabs (Limulidae) returning to breed, Fire Island National S...

Horseshoe crabs originated around 450 million years ago and are considered 'living fossils', meaning they are similar to related species only known from fossils. In recent years, they have experienced a populat... More

Discovering Horseshoe Crabs - National Parks Gallery

Discovering Horseshoe Crabs - National Parks Gallery

First Sighting. There is power in the wonder you experience upon seeing your first horseshoe crab.   Left, a polaroid of the very first horseshoe crab seen by the author. Notice the crown of mussels atop the... More

Cover for Horseshoe Crab's Crown

Cover for Horseshoe Crab's Crown

The cover for Horseshoe Crab’s Crown, completed and ready for publication . The spawning of horseshoe crabs, and many cycles of our planet, are influenced by the gravitational force of the moon. The cover s... More

Gateway national recreation area - Asteroid Strike

Gateway national recreation area - Asteroid Strike

This painting depicts the cosmic collision that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Out of all of the organisms to call this planet home in 4.5 billion years, 99.9% have gone extinct, making it that much... More

"Holtzken Hotel, Brigantine Beach, 1855" Jas. F. Queen

"Holtzken Hotel, Brigantine Beach, 1855" Jas. F. Queen

Drawing shows a well-dressed couple on large sandy strand of Brigantine Beach, New Jersey, standing on the starboard side of the wreck of a long rowboat with a man standing at the bow on the port side; waves wa... More

Spawning Horseshoe Crabs at an Earlier Horseshoe Crab Festival

Spawning Horseshoe Crabs at an Earlier Horseshoe Crab Festival

There are many visitors, especially children, who are fascinated by the annual spawning of these relics of the dinosaurs. Hundreds of people turn out to watch this event here in Jamaica Bay and across the easte... More

Aspidonia. - Schildtiere. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Aspidonia. - Schildtiere. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Illustration shows horseshoe crabs. Photomechanical print of lithograph by Adolf Giltsch after sketch by Ernst Haeckel. Illus. in: Kunstformen der Natur. Von Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel. Hundert Illustrationstafel... More

Spawning Horseshoe Crabs, Jamaica Bay

Spawning Horseshoe Crabs, Jamaica Bay

Horseshoe crabs arrive on the beaches en masse to lay their eggs during late May and June, on or around full and new moons. The adults seek beaches that are partially protected from heavy surf within bays and coves.

National parks: BioBlitz009 - public domain image

National parks: BioBlitz009 - public domain image

Mating horseshoe crabs photographed during the 2010 Biscayne BioBlitz.

Horseshoe crabs (Limulidae), Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.

Horseshoe crabs (Limulidae), Fire Island National Seashore, 2015.

Horseshoe crabs originated around 450 million years ago and are considered 'living fossils', meaning they are similar to related species only known from fossils. In recent years, they have experienced a populat... More

Spawning Horseshoe Crabs, Plumb Beach

Spawning Horseshoe Crabs, Plumb Beach

Spawning Horseshoe Crabs, Plumb Beach, Brooklyn

Kids Discovering Horseshoe Crabs and Nature

Kids Discovering Horseshoe Crabs and Nature

It was through Heather’s own connection to these creatures, and the undeniable connection the children’s experience, that Horseshoe Crab’s Crown began to take shape.

Double Horseshoe Crabs - National Parks Gallery

Double Horseshoe Crabs - National Parks Gallery

A look at the underside of a pair of horseshoe crabs.