The female seahorse deposits her eggs into the male’s specialized brood pouch, where he fertilizes them. The male then carries the developing young until they are ready to hatch.

One of the unique characteristics of seahorses is that the male carries the baby fry through gestation and birth. The male has a brood pouch with an oviduct, where the female places the eggs and they ...

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These white flowers are female and when they trap the beetle inside ... It may not appear that there is anything unusual about this pregnant seahorse. But some species do things very differently ...

Jef Akst was managing editor of The Scientist, where she started as an intern in 2009 after receiving a master’s degree from Indiana University in April 2009 studying the mating behavior of seahorses.

Courtship involves a beautiful “dance” where seahorses entwine their tails and float together. Following an elaborate display, the female deposits her eggs into a pouch on the male’s abdomen. This ...

The London-based artist blurs the lines between beauty and banality.

Both the male and female fish release their gametes ... Some shark species typically give birth to only one young fish at a time. Other fish, like seahorses, give birth to 2,000 offspring at a time — ...

The endangered Knysna seahorse (hippocampus capensis) has successfully restocked in the educational display tank at the SANParks office on Thesen Island, Knysna. The initiative forms part of ...

World Athletics has approved the introduction of cheek swabbing to determine if an athlete is eligible to compete as a female; body's president Sebastian Coe says decision taken to "doggedly ...

World Athletics will introduce mandatory testing for anyone entering female competitions to verify their biological sex, insisting it is necessary to protect women's sport. It is the latest move ...

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