Dwindling natural habitats are causing a significant decline in certain seahorse species. To bolster populations, researchers in Australia are building seahorse hotels and leaving the lights on.
Recently, he led the assessment of the Walea soft coral pygmy seahorse, which was listed as the first critically endangered seahorse. Walea pygmies, along with many other marine species ...
Seahorses live in sea grass beds, mangroves, or coral reefs, which can be destroyed through trawling, dredging, polluting, or even intense storms. No one knows exactly how many seahorses there are ...
Instead of tail (caudal) fins, seahorses have long prehensile tails to anchor themselves by grabbing onto objects such as seagrass, seaweed and coral. They are also masters of camouflage, specially ...