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 lined seahorse can change its color, which makes it difficult to find in the wild. Photo by Will Parson/ Chesapeake Bay Program. In the Lower Chesapeake Bay, a small horse moves through the ...

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, ...

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Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. Seahorses are intriguing little creatures. They bob and drift in ...

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 ...

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 ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. From São Paulo to Macaé ...

(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, ...