At Tuticorin harbor in southern India, researchers examining piles of discarded bycatch identified a seahorse that had gone ...

A routine dig through fishing bycatch in southern India upended more than a century of scientific certainty about a well-studied seahorse, revealing that one familiar species had secretly been three ...

Learn how DNA evidence, physical traits, and museum specimens revealed a new Indian Ocean seahorse long mistaken for another ...

Pygmy seahorses are remarkable creatures. These tiny marine vertebrates, often no bigger than two centimeters in size, are masters of camouflage, able to match the texture and color of the coral in ...

The seahorse relies heavily on its tail for survival in the ocean. Have you ever seen a monkey hold onto a tree branch with its tail? The seahorse uses its tail in a very similar way. Seahorses are ...

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 ...

Seahorses belong to the genus Hippocampus, which gets its name from the Greek words for “horse” and “sea monster.” With their extreme snouts, weirdly coiled bodies and sluggish movements produced by ...

An adult male Hippocampus nalu will grow to a maximum of just 2 centimeters long. Photograph by Richard Smith, via University of Leeds In 2017, diving instructor Savannah Nalu Olivier was exploring ...