Celebrate International Horseshoe Crab Day

TOMS RIVER – Did you know? Fossil discoveries have recorded horseshoe crabs appearing as early as 450 million years ago. Though the remaining four species of horseshoe crabs living today have evolved from those earlier ancestors into unique species, their overall adaptations and physiology has remained mostly unchanged. Join at the Cooper Environmental Center on June 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. as they celebrate these magnificent creatures and learn more about them with crafts, lectures, stories and live encounters. No registration required.

• 11 a.m. – Horseshoe Crab Story Time

• 11:30 a.m. – Live Horseshoe Crab Encounter

• 1 p.m. – Our Living Fossils: The Atlantic Horseshoe Crab Presentation

• 2 p.m. – Live Horseshoe Crab encounter