The most identifiable part of a seahorse is the long snout that gives them their name. But did you know there is a species of seahorse that evolved their snout away? The pygmy seahorse, one of the ...

Pygmy seahorses (Hippocampus bargibanti) are masters of camouflage. They are among the smallest vertebrates, just the size of a thumbnail, and live in coral reefs in the western Pacific. There they ...

(CNN) — A species of marine worm that scientists lost sight of for almost 70 years has finally resurfaced, thanks to some eagle-eyed sleuthing and a seahorse less than an inch long. When researchers ...

Because they were a bit gullible, the Ancient Greeks believed a tiny race of humans known as the pygmies did eternal battle with cranes—which, in fairness, can be pretty jerky. Today, “pygmy” lives on ...

Spring in Australia has arrived like a celebration. Magpies are warbling in the morning, wildflowers are bursting open across bushland, and the air is humming with life as tiny creatures have stirred ...

Off the coast of South Africa, a “pygmy” sea creature latched onto the coral reef with its tail. Its “cryptic nature” and small size generally helped it go unnoticed — until some keen-eyed scuba ...

Rare conjoined dwarf seahorse twins lived for more than two weeks recently at Bethune-Cookman University's Aquatic Research Laboratory. The twins, named Bethune and Cookman, were born on Aug. 1, and ...

An underwater snap of a tiny seahorse has some people questioning their eyesight, with its pink, knobby exterior hiding easily among the similarly textured coral. The image appears to show a light ...