Saddle up for a close encounter with the sea's most captivating creatures in There's Something About Seahorses, opening Nov. 14 at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego.

Did you know that seahorse males, not females, give birth? That's among the things you can learn at "Seahorses: Unbridled Fun," a brand-new exhibit at the Newport Aquarium. In it, visitors can watch ...

We set out to catch a modern day unicorn, the dwarf seahorse, as dainty and secretive a creature as you can find anywhere on land or under the sea. Measuring an inch long when full grown, they are the ...

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 are fish that don't look-like, swim-like, or reproduce-like fish. With a head resembling that of a tiny horse, seahorses and their biological cousins, sea dragons, live in shallow tropical ...

Crustaceans, fish, mammals, birds: The list of creatures that live in or on the sea is vast, but it would be hard to find one more fascinating than the seahorse. What other sea-dwelling creature has a ...

The dwarf seahorse, native to shallow seagrass along the Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys and areas of the Caribbean, looks set to placed on the endangered species list, in part due to the destruction of ...

The dwarf seahorse, which grows to be about 2.5 centimetres long, lives in flowering seagrass habitats underwater only in the Gulf. ((Shedd Aquarium Chicago)) As tens of thousands of dwarf seahorses ...

When a dwarf seahorse at the St. Lucie County Aquarium in Fort Pierce gave birth, only a few museum staffers from the Smithsonian Marine Station were around to witness the incredible event.

They are whimsical symbols of the beach, appearing on key chains, murals, logos and postcards. They form inseparable, monogamous couples. And they are hauled from the sea in nets, ground into powder ...

A dwarf seahorse can sneak unnoticed remarkably close to prey — less than a penny’s thickness away — thanks to the way the horsey head shape moves through water. If they had just two or three ...

One of the most effective predators in the animal kingdom is smaller than your thumb and won’t win any races. The dwarf seahorse is just 2.5 centimetres long, and thanks to its S-shaped body and small ...