Male seahorses possess the remarkable ability to give birth to thousands of babies at once.

May 27, 2024 · Male seahorses carry and give birth to their young, a unique trait among members of the Syngnathidae family, which includes seahorses, seadragons and pipefish. Female …

In the world of seahorses it is the males who carry their developing young. After an elaborate courtship dance the female uses her ovipositor to deposit eggs into a special brood pouch …

1 day ago · Male Korean seahorse (Hippocampus haema) in the act of birth, releasing its young from the brood pouch. Credit: Jinggong Zhang In seahorses, it is the males who carry offspring …

Sep 30, 2024 · Discover the fascinating world of seahorses and their unique reproductive process. Learn how male seahorses give birth and explore the incredible biology behind this …

2 days ago · Seahorses have a unique sex role reversal with male pregnancy involving the brood pouch, an evolutionarily novel organ. This study uses single-cell genomics and in vivo …

Seahorse fathers incubate their developing embryos in a pouch located on their tail. The pouch is the equivalent of the uterus of female mammals. It contains a placenta, supporting the growth …

Aug 21, 2025 · Parturition is the birthing process of seahorses. It is when the male undergoes labor-like contractions to give birth to fully developed pouch into the surrounding water. Each …

Nov 13, 2024 · With delicate, armor-plated bodies and enchanting dance-like movements, seahorses stand out as an evolutionary anomaly—a lineage where gender roles are strikingly …

1 day ago · For live birth, it is critical that the immune system of the mother – or, in this case, the male seahorse – does not identify embryos as foreign bodies and reject them immunologically.