The sea dragon and seahorse are closely related but ultimately split into their own groups. Sea dragons belong to the Syngnathidae family, a group of fish that includes seahorses and pipefish.

The weedy sea dragon, ... slender trunks covered in bony rings; and thin tails which, unlike their seahorse cousins, ... The eggs are fertilized during the transfer from the female to the male.

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 tank has grassy plants, a ...

A female sea dragon transferred five eggs to a male, resulting in two babies. But only now has the La Jolla aquarium done this broadly with female sea dragon, which are capable of producing 200 to ...

However, all three sea dragon species are found only in the cool waters on southern Australia’s coast. Of those three species, only weedy sea dragons have reproduced in aquariums. Leafy sea dragons ...

In all of the vast animal kingdom spanning the planet, seahorses (and their pipefish and sea dragon relatives) are the only species whose male members give birth to young.

For the first time, UC San Diego’s Birch Aquarium has coaxed a female weedy sea dragon into transferring a large number of eggs to a male sea dragon who could give birth to a bounty of babies.

A weedy sea dragon at the Georgia Aquarium has something to celebrate this Father's Day. One of the rare creatures is pregnant for only the third time ever at a U.S. aquarium, aquarium officials said.

Underwater videographer Jarrod Boord, 37, captured fascinating footage of a male sea dragon carrying it's young for the female while diving in Port Phillip bay in Melbourne, Australia.