When thinking of pregnancy the picture of females carrying and giving birth comes to mind. Seahorse is an exception in nature. And the other surprising fact is that the male is the one who gets ...

In seahorses, it is the males who carry offspring to term. The females lay their eggs into a special brood pouch on the bellies of the males where they are fertilized by the male's sperm. In the brood ...

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Male seahorses have quietly rewritten one of biology’s most familiar scripts, shifting the burden of pregnancy and birth onto fathers and turning paternal care into a full‑body commitment. Their ...