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The lagoon in the Bahamas has bioluminescence, octopus, the highest concentration of lined seahorses in the world.

By studying the genes responsible for the seahorse’s brood pouch, researchers uncovered a new route to “motherhood.” ...

Male seahorses have quietly rewritten one of biology’s most familiar scripts, shifting the burden of pregnancy and birth onto ...

It is not much more than a chicken wire cage, but the nicely named "seahorse hotel" is behind a population resurgence of Australia's endangered white seahorse. One of the largest concentrations of ...

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, ...

On its own, a baby seahorse has a lot to contend with. On average, if the population is stable, only two of the thousands of young that a pair produces will reach maturity. Life doesn't become much ...

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Seahorses aren’t odd simply for their horselike shape. They (and their syngnathid fish kin, seadragons and pipefish) are the only vertebrates in which the males take on the burden of pregnancy. You ...