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Horseshoe Crab Migration Arriving on Maryland Shores

Horseshoe Crab Migration Arriving on Maryland Shores Maryland’s shores welcome back the annual return of the horseshoe crab – Limulus polyphemus in one of the world’s oldest and largest wildlife migrations. For an estimated 350 million years, these prehistoric creatures have migrated into Maryland’s coastal bays from their winter habitats to spawn along the coastline and subtidal habitats. Although called “crabs” they are in fact arthropods. The height of horseshoe crabs spawning revolves around late spring and early summer high tides, culminating on or around each full and new moon in June. On average, one spawning female horseshoe crab will deposit 20,000 eggs into the sand.

Historic Black town in Prince George s Co confronts power plant for contributing to flooding

James Jones, 66, wants to build his “dream” retirement home in Eagle Harbor. He has the blueprint ready, but his land is constantly wet, making it difficult to build a foundation. Storms have eroded so much shoreline over the last few years that it has made it difficult to build a dock for his boats. James Jones lined his shoreline with rocks and wooden slates to curtail further erosion. (Elizabeth Shwe/Maryland Matters) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. When James Jones drives up to his one-acre property in Eagle Harbor, a small historically Black waterfront community on the southern tip of Prince George’s County, he is taken aback by the shimmering view of the Patuxent River, the longest river entirely within Maryland.

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