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"I watched the boy comb the stubbly seaweed with his fingers. I thought of a gold prospector sifting sand for nuggets."
Species Spotlight
Mexican populations of H.reidi are listed as species subject to special protection.
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$20 could help to purchase equipment for seahorse and habitat research
$500 could train local community members to protect marine species in their local areas, improving food security.
$5000 could construct a guardhouse for a fishing community to protect a marine reserve from illegal fishing.
Photoessay
March 20, 2012
Seadragons are arguably the most charismatic members of the seahorse family, primarily because of their outrageous colour patterns in the weedy seadragon and their amazing camouflage for the leafy...
Photoessay
May 10, 2011
Seahorses are unique fish. Not only are they monogomous, but they are the only animal in which the male gives birth to the young.
Photoessay
May 6, 2011
Recent tagging studies are shedding some light on how and why seahorses settle where they do. In Portugal’s Ria Formosa lagoon, we used acoustic tags on eleven long-snouted seahorses and...
Photoessay
May 3, 2011
Organized in collaboration with the Nelos Underwater Film and Video Festival, the Guylian Seahorses of the World Photo Competition is a semi-annual showcase of some of the world's best underwater...
Last reviewed: 11-May-2011
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