Denise’s pygmy seahorse, barely larger than a fingernail, blends perfectly with its coral home. Found in the western Pacific, ...

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 ...

Pygmy seahorses are remarkable creatures. These tiny marine vertebrates, often no bigger than two centimeters in size, are masters of camouflage, able to match the texture and color of the coral in ...

Before you read this article, pause for a moment and look at the nail on your little finger. That’s about the size of a new species of seahorse discovered in the waters of Sodwana Bay, South Africa, ...

In rough, boulder-strewn waters off eastern South Africa, researchers have found a new species: a pygmy seahorse about the size of a grain of rice. The finding shocked them because all seven species ...

Graham Short works for Australian Museum and the California Academy of Sciences. David Harasti, Louw Claassens, and Maarten De Brauwer do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...