Endemic to the waters off south and east Australia, leafy sea dragons are closely related to seahorses and pipefish. Leafies are generally brown to yellow in body color with spectacular olive ...

Weedy sea dragons have very long, thin snouts; slender trunks covered in bony rings; and thin tails which, unlike their seahorse cousins, cannot be used for gripping. They have small, transparent ...

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has celebrated the arrival of over 70 baby seahorses after a two-year hiatus, with the baby seahorses expected to be ready for the larger habitat in the future.

Male pregnancy evolved in these species to increase reproductive success. By shifting gestation to males, females can produce ...

As with seahorses, seadragon males, not females, are responsible for carrying eggs. After a courtship “dance,” during which a mated pair mirrors each others’ movements in the water and the ...