BREEDING: Dwarf seahorses form monogamous pair bonds that are reinforced each morning with daily greeting rituals. Males give live birth to three to 16 fully formed, quarter-inch-long young after a 10 ...
The zoo also recently announced on social media the hatching of new baby seahorses and updates on two Asian elephants. In a Facebook post, the zoo said the two penguins hatched right after Valentine’s ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has celebrated the arrival of over 70 baby seahorses after a two-year hiatus, with the baby seahorses expected to be ready for the larger habitat in the future.
Credit: Corrine Avidan et al, A power amplification dyad in seahorses, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2023). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0520 The researchers found that the ...