Seahorses are fascinating underwater creatures, renowned for their unique, whimsical physical characteristics, swimming ...

Seahorse dads provide nutrients and oxygen to their babies during pregnancy, using some of the same genetic instructions as mammalian pregnancy.. However, when it comes to giving birth, our ...

Weedy seadragons are not the only species with highly engaged fathers. Male seahorses, emperor penguins, silverback gorillas, and arctic wolves are just some of the dads that deserve an extra special ...

Seahorse fathers incubate their developing embryos in a pouch located on their tail. But the way they give birth has even surprised scientists, write Jessica Suzanne Dudley and Camilla Whittington.

Seahorse dads provide nutrients and oxygen to their babies during pregnancy, using some of the same genetic instructions as mammalian pregnancy.

When it comes to live birth, seahorse fathers can give birth to up to 2,000 live young at once, ... "They can't sit around and crank out babies," Cole said. "They have to make their mark quick." ...

The difference, it turns out, was in the babies’ hippocampi, seahorse-shaped structures, one on each side of their brains. In the study, 13 babies were younger than a year, and 13 babies were ...