Overfishing reduces the size and genetic diversity of the spawning stock, making it more difficult for the species to adapt to future environmental changes. Parental care is vital, with the male seahorse undergoing a full pregnancy. As in other fishes with obligate paternal care, taking the male will also remove or kill all its dependent offspring.
Seahorses can change color and grow skin filaments to blend with their surroundings.
Seahorses do not have stomachs thereby requiring them to consume large quantities of food to compensate for their rapid and inefficient digestion. The start date. We believe that the single greatest impediment to healthy and productive marine and coastal areas is the public's low level of ocean awareness. Through unprecedented collaboration among aquariums, zoos, science, technology, and natural history museums, and other educational institutions that together serve more than 100 million visitors each year, The Ocean Project aims to significantly increase the success of ocean conservation. We will also collaborate with local, regional, and national nonprofit conservation and environmental organizations to actively involve people in conservation activities in their communities and better connect them to the oceans.