This is a video of the tail of a seahorse (Hippocampus reidi), while grasping onto a dowel. It shows the high level of flexibility and motor control that they are capable of.

Dwindling natural habitats are causing a significant decline in certain seahorse species. To bolster populations, researchers in Australia are building seahorse hotels and leaving the lights on.

They also have a set of small pectoral fins near the back of their head that are used to steer. But seahorses are not strong swimmers. Instead of tail (caudal) fins, seahorses have long prehensile ...

Examine a cross-section of a seahorse’s tail, and you’ll find a square instead of a circular pattern. To understand why, an international group of researchers combined computer modeling and 3-D ...

From the growling, clicking and purring sounds they often make when greeting their mate to their highly monogamous nature, there's much more to the seahorse than its trademark horse-like head, ...