Male seahorses are nature's real-life Mr. Moms -- they take fathering to a whole new level: pregnancy. Although it is common for male fish to play the dominant parenting role, male pregnancy is a ...

Male seahorses are nature's real-life Mr. Moms -- they take fathering to a whole new level: pregnancy. Although it is common for male fish to play the dominant parenting role, male pregnancy is a ...

Male seahorses nurture and nourish their brood in much the same way as pregnant humans do, according to a new study by biologists. They found that while unborn seahorse babies get most of their ...

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

And perhaps most intriguing, seahorses are the only known vertebrates on the planet to exhibit true male pregnancy. Seahorse mating rituals begin with an elaborate courting dance that can last up ...

A male seahorse gets pregnant when his mate deposits her as-yet-unfertilized eggs into a pouch on his belly. He fertilizes them, then carries the Skip to content ...

Seahorses are syngnathid fishes — the only animal family in which males, not females, carry their young. In seahorse sex, the female deposits her eggs into a "brood pouch" on the male's stomach ...

Dr. Whittington and colleagues found male seahorses are able to deliver nutrients to their developing embryos, particularly energy-rich lipids, and calcium to allow them to build their tiny skeletons.

The male seahorse found in spring 2015 by Brittany Biber, the society's animal care director, gave birth to a brood a couple of weeks after she brought it to the Coastal Center on Hutchinson Island.

When Clayton Manning and Meagan Abele were diving off the coast of eastern Australia last month, they came upon a male seahorse carrying babies in his pouch. Spotting the seahorse wasn't a surprise.