Female seahorses impregnate the males with their eggs, and 10-25 days later, the males spew out thousands of baby seahorses. Story by Aly Weisman and editing by Stephen Parkhurst. Footage courtesy ...

The male incubates the eggs in his pouch for about 20 to 28 days, an gives birth to fully-formed seahorses.

On its own, a baby seahorse has a lot to contend with. On average, if the population is stable, only two of the thousands of young that a pair produces will reach maturity. Life doesn't become ...

But first, you have to give birth to 2,000 babies. Sounds painful, right? Well, if you're a male seahorse, that's part of the job. Turns out, there are lots of animal dads out there who do all the ...

Seahorses are renowned for mating for life ... which keeps its eggs and newly hatched babies in its mouth for two weeks. Then, there are gruesome parasites, his latest obsession.

Depending on the species of seahorse, the father can carry as many as 1,500 eggs in one pregnancy. Dad keeps them safe as eggs, but baby seahorses—also called fry—are independent from birth ...