Professor Jennifer Mattei, left, of Sacred Heart University, demonstrates how to measure a horseshoe crab as Jim Arrigoni, conservational biologist with the Connecticut Audubon Society, looks on Monday, May 20, 2019, at White Sands Beach in Old Lyme. Project Limulus is a program at the school that is working to examine the ecology of the Long Island Sound horseshoe crab population through community based research programming. For information on how to join, visit projectlimus.org. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Interns Katie Quinn, left, and Alia Aguilar walk along rocks while looking for horseshoe crabs on Monday, May 20, 2019, at White Sands Beach in Old Lyme. Project Limulus is a program at Sacred Heart University that is working to examine the ecology of the Long Island Sound horseshoe crab population through community based research programming. For information on how to join, visit projectlimus.org. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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Lois Palmer-Alderson, left, of Norwich, helps Professor Jennifer Mattei, of Sacred Heart University, look for horseshoe crabs on Monday, May 20, 2019 at White Sands Beach in Old Lyme. Project Limulus is a program at the school that is working to examine the ecology of the Long Island Sound horseshoe crab population through community based research programming. For information on how to join, visit projectlimus.org. (Sarah Gordon/The Day)
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