There is a very good chance that you have heard about the Leafy Sea Dragon. It is a very interesting species of seahorse that is unlike any other. They have a type of body that looks like stems ...

Like their sea horse cousins, male sea dragons gestate a female’s fertilized eggs in a pouch. They come in two groups of species, leafy and weedy.

Sea Dragon vs. Seahorse: Appearance Both the sea dragon and seahorse have a horse-like head, but that’s about all the visual similarity holds. Sea dragons are covered in leafy appendages that ...

The aquarium hopes the exhibit, which opened this month, will lead to the leafy sea dragon, the lesser-known cousin of the seahorse, being bred for the first time in captivity.

The New England Aquarium is raising 18 baby sea dragons after a successful and rare breeding event. The baby dragons, who look too much alike to have names, will go on display this summer.

It also is trying to breed leafy sea dragons. The Birch Aquarium's 18-foot-long (5.5-meter-long) tank has three leafy sea dragons — two males and one female — and 11 weedy sea dragons.

The 5,300-gallon (20,062-liter) tank is a vast space, especially for the smaller leafy sea dragon, which grows to only about 14 inches (36 centimeters) in length.

The Leafy Sea Dragon (Phycodurus eques) is a real fish, a relative of the sea horse with appendages that look like seaweed. Here, artist Piper Thibodeau imagines fanciful versions of sea dragons ...

The 5,300-gallon tank is a vast space, especially for the smaller leafy sea dragon, which grows to only about 14 inches in length. The tank has grassy plants, a sandy bottom and rocks.

The 5,300-gallon (20,062-liter) tank is a vast space, especially for the smaller leafy sea dragon, which grows to only about 14 inches (36 centimeters) in length.