Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) are an emblematic species of our coastal ecology. They are keystone species which have shared our waters for over 400 million years. Horseshoe crabs are not true crabs but are arachnids which include spiders and …
Friday’s Youth Education Program yep! trips with Barnstable Harbor Ecotour were a big hit with Barnstable High School English Language Learners. Topics covered on the trips ranged from basic mapping, bird identification and behavior, description of Barnstable Harbor’s extraordinary tides …
Volunteers Needed Please join Long Pasture, Mass Audubon in their upcoming Horseshoe Crab Survey. In a mass May migration, horseshoe crabs journey to the bays, coves, and tidal flats of Cape Cod to spawn and to lay clusters of eggs.Many …
May 6th, 6pm @ The Sturgis Library Horseshoe Crabs – Ancient Mariners Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary’s Ian Ives Horseshoe Crab Ecology: Horseshoe Crabs have been around for 350 million years, adapting to and withstanding every conceivable change …