Some animal fathers take their responsibilities to a new level when raising the next generation. They incubate eggs and carry ...

The male incubates the eggs in his pouch for about 20 to 28 days, an gives birth to fully-formed seahorses.

Seahorses mate for life, but it’s the father that becomes “pregnant.” Seahorse fathers will carry the eggs in a special brood pouch for up to four weeks before giving birth. Depending on the ...

The male becomes a virtual beast of burden, beginning with the mating process, when the female latches onto him until she is ready to lay her eggs. She will cement as many as 150 eggs onto his ...

With adults only about an inch tall, the dwarf seahorse is the smallest of the four seahorse species found in U.S. waters. This dainty, curly-tailed fish occurs only in shallow seagrass areas in the ...

Weedy sea dragons have very long, thin snouts; slender trunks covered in bony rings; and thin tails which, unlike their seahorse cousins ... their bright-pink eggs during mating.