The weird and mysterious seahorse just got its first genetic close-up. A team of international researchers has sequenced the full genome of a tiger tail seahorse. It is the first seahorse genome to be ...

A new exhibit at the Newport Aquarium will feature a number of interesting little creatures.The exhibit, called "seahorses: unbridled fun" will feature 10 species of seahorses as well as sea dragons, ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Roger Hanson has been diving for over 30 years, so he knew it was odd when he spotted a Pacific seahorse in Alamitos Bay in Long Beach around four years ago. "They are ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Male pregnancy is a rare phenomenon in the animal kingdom, ...

With adults only about an inch tall, the dwarf seahorse is the smallest of the four seahorse species found in U.S. waters. This dainty, curly-tailed fish occurs only in shallow seagrass areas in the ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. For fishermen in Malaysia, accidentally ...

(CNN) — Pygmy seahorses, about the size of a fingernail, are some of the smallest vertebrates in the world. First discovered in 1969, little was known about the creatures. But in the early 2000s, ...