“People are very intrigued by seahorses,” says Leslee Matsushige, associate curator at Birch Aquarium. And intriguing fish — signs of whimsy in the relentlessly efficient natural world — are good PR ...

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More than 70 weedy seadragons have hatched at Birch Aquarium in La Jolla after a first-of-its kind egg transfer in the public eye. The babies began hatching Feb. 26 and continued through March 2, ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus bargibanti) are masters of camouflage. They are among the smallest vertebrates, just the size of a thumbnail, and live in coral reefs in the western Pacific. There they ...

Two researchers happen upon a very special moment in the life of a seahorse father. Fortunately for us, and science, they had their underwater video camera with them. Freelancer Michael Franco writes ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have uncovered for the first time secrets about how male seahorses produce their young that could prove valuable in conservation efforts to save the vulnerable species.