Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the underwater world, evolution often follows familiar rules: males compete, and females choose. But, the captivating pipefish ...

In pipefish, pregnant males give birth to more young from attractive mates, new research shows. Pipefish, sea horses, and sea dragons belong to a family in which the males get pregnant. In some of ...

Everyone loves seahorses. With their trumpet-tipped snouts, gender-bending pregnant papas and tendency to dabble in monogamy, the long-necked equines of the sea have easily coiled their boxy ...

Over the last several decades, an unusual “slender” fish has been recorded in the deep waters of the Coral Sea, in the areas around Vanuatu and New Caledonia. Just over 40 years after its first record ...

For almost every species on Planet Earth, the female holds the majority of the responsibility when it comes to child care. This includes pregnancy, childbirth, and looking after the young until they ...

Genetic archaeology is providing a new clue to one of the greatest gender mysteries in the fish world: how did male pregnancy evolve in a family of fish? A gene discovered in the gulf pipefish hints ...

For most men, the thought of taking on the burden of pregnancy from their partners would seem like a nightmare, but it’s all part and parcel of seahorse life. After mating, female seahorses and ...

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 ...