When it comes to the mating game, sea horses and their cousins, the pipefish, couldn't be more different: Sea horses mate for life while pipefish spend their lives playing the field. But with both ...

Since 1984, five specimens of the new species have been found in the waters of Vanuatu and New Caledonia, according to a study.

But not with seahorses, pipefish, and sea dragons. Subscribe ... Males of this species have been known to not take care of offspring that come from a mother they aren't particularly fond of.

Sargassum pipefish, relatives of seahorses, are masters of camouflage, resembling the seaweed they inhabit. These fish are pelagic, living in the open ocean attached to sargassum, and are found in ...

In the upside-down world of the pipefish, sexual selection appears to work in reverse, with flashy females battling for males who bear the pregnancy and carry their young to term in their brood pouch.

This is according to a City College of New York study focusing on seahorse and pipefish species. And it could explain how high genetic diversity can contribute to extinction in small populations.

Pipefish are unique because they don’t follow the usual ‘rules’ of evolution. In most species, males compete to attract females. But with pipefish, the males carry and protect the embryos.

A new study out of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand has called into question traditional perceptions of mating. “In most species, males compete to attract females. But with ...

Pipefish, sea horses, and sea dragons belong to a family in which the males get pregnant. In some of these species, the females court and compete for males.

I found three pipefish within 15 minutes of shaking out fresh seaweed washing in. Their presence signals the arrival of fresh sargassum from offshore, and with it, a whole host of marine life.