Male seahorses have quietly rewritten one of biology’s most familiar scripts, shifting the burden of pregnancy and birth onto ...

An international search is underway to populate the Onondaga County Aquarium at the Syracuse Inner Harbor, with officials ...

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 ...

“Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly,” Jerome Kern wrote in a Broadway love song—but while it’s sweet as a lyric, it’s not entirely true. Not only are there plenty of awesome birds that can’t fly, like ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Male pregnancy is a rare phenomenon in the animal kingdom, ...

A tiny seahorse was spotted hanging onto an oyster cage off of Manhattan's westside earlier this month—a sign of spring and also just an extremely adorable addition to New York City's wildlife. Look ...

Tens of millions of seahorses are traded each year as pets, trinkets and for use in traditional medicine. But the greater threat comes from incidental bycatch by indiscriminate fishing gear, according ...

In the Lower Chesapeake Bay, a small horse moves through the underwater beds of eelgrass looking for food. No, it’s not a pony like the famous wild horses of Assateague Island National Seashore. It’s ...