Male seahorses have quietly rewritten one of biology’s most familiar scripts, shifting the burden of pregnancy and birth onto fathers and turning paternal care into a full‑body commitment. Their ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A large seahorse was found on the Lynnhaven River in Virginia Beach, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) said. They found him this week in an oyster gardening cage growing off ...

Two researchers happen upon a very special moment in the life of a seahorse father. Fortunately for us, and science, they had their underwater video camera with them. Freelancer Michael Franco writes ...

COLLEGE STATION – Male seahorses are nature’s real-life Mr. Moms – they take fathering to a whole new level: Pregnancy. Although it is common for male fish to play the dominant parenting role, male ...

If there were to be a “best dad” award in the animal kingdom, seahorses would be a shoe-in. That’s because males, not females, of these peculiar fish carry their young to term. They fertilize and ...

Male seahorses are sometimes labelled nature’s best fathers, given that they form close, monogamous partnerships with a female and carry the pregnancy from shortly after fertilisation all the way to ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have uncovered for the first time secrets about how male seahorses produce their young that could prove valuable in conservation efforts to save the vulnerable species.