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 ...

White’s Seahorses Hotel in Birch Aquarium. Photo credit Jordann Tomasek. You could call them horsey hotels, or perhaps marine motels – but human-built habitats for White’s seahorses, an endangered ...

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DWARF SEAHORSE } Hippocampus zosterae FAMILY: Syngnathidae DESCRIPTION: Adults of this tiny seahorse species are only one inch tall and have a high, columnar coronet. They can be beige, yellow, green ...

Pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus bargibanti) are masters of camouflage. They are among the smallest vertebrates, just the size of a thumbnail, and live in coral reefs in the western Pacific. There they ...

We set out to catch a modern day unicorn, the dwarf seahorse, as dainty and secretive a creature as you can find anywhere on land or under the sea. Measuring an inch long when full grown, they are the ...

Pygmy seahorses are remarkable creatures. These tiny marine vertebrates, often no bigger than two centimeters in size, are masters of camouflage, able to match the texture and color of the coral in ...

An adult male Hippocampus nalu will grow to a maximum of just 2 centimeters long. Photograph by Richard Smith, via University of Leeds In 2017, diving instructor Savannah Nalu Olivier was exploring ...

One of the most effective predators in the animal kingdom is smaller than your thumb and won’t win any races. The dwarf seahorse is just 2.5 centimetres long, and thanks to its S-shaped body and small ...