STORY: This underwater structure is not a trap… it’s a ‘seahorse hotel’… The grid – made of biodegradable metal – will provide much needed habitat for Australia’s endangered White's Seahorse. It’s a ...

The most identifiable part of a seahorse is the long snout that gives them their name. But did you know there is a species of seahorse that evolved their snout away? The pygmy seahorse, one of the ...

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iSeahorse.org, a global platform for seahorse science and conservation, developed by the University of British Columbia’s Project Seahorse research unit, has reached a significant milestone with ...

ACH SEH ISLAND, Cambodia (AP) — A 7-inch creature with a head resembling a horse and a monkey-like tail glides gracefully out of a dark coral crevice off the Cambodian coast. Master of camouflage, ...

White’s Seahorses Hotel in Birch Aquarium. Photo credit Jordann Tomasek. You could call them horsey hotels, or perhaps marine motels – but human-built habitats for White’s seahorses, an endangered ...

Traffickers are illegally smuggling huge numbers of seahorses around the world, despite global regulations aimed at protecting the oddly shaped aquatic creatures. Between 2010 and 2021, authorities ...

Similarities to the womb and placenta of female mammals indicate a response to common evolutionary challenges in pregnancy.

Big-bellied seahorses are ovoviviparous, which means females transfer eggs to males, who then fertilize and carry the eggs until they hatch Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been ...

In seahorses, males are the ones to bear offspring. A research team led by Konstanz evolutionary biologist Axel Meyer examined the cellular basis for "male pregnancy".

Ever seen an actual seahorse? Maybe a seadragon washed up with weed after a swell? Here our fantastic Tooth and Claw correspondent, Dr Rebecca Olive, takes us into these very odd creatures’ lives, and ...