Governments have made promises to protect seahorses from illegal and unsustainable trade. At the 34th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Animals Committee , Dr. Sarah Foster, our Focal Point for Global Fisheries and Trade, had th

Miguel Correia, our thematic Focal Point for Field Conservation recently attended SyngCo, a scientific conference dedicated to the conservation and research of seahorses and their relatives in Las Pa...

Our Red List Authority Coordinator, Elsa Camins recently attended SyngCo, a scientific conference dedicated to the conservation and research of seahorses and their relatives in Las Palmas De Gran Cana...

Elsa Camins, our Research Biologist and Red List Authority Coordinator for the IUCN Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group, ran an IUCN Red List assessment workshop at the SyngCo Conference...

February 7 marks Reverse the Red Day, part of a global movement focused on halting extinctions, reversing declines on the IUCN Red List, and restoring species through science-based action. For the Est...

Hippocampus denise, nicknamed “Hippocampus santa” by the diving community in Indonesia because of its festive red and white colours. This seahorse Santa doesn’t bring gifts, but spotting one is a gift...

Insights from Dr Sarah Foster, Project Seahorse Program Leader, reporting from CoP20 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. I’m honoured to be at the 20th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endang...

Geneva, 15 October 2025 — With just over one month to go before the 20th World Wildlife Conference, the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and

Over the past 7 months, South Australia has experienced the largest recorded mass mortality of leafy seadragons (Phycodurus eques) and weedy seadragons (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus). Thousands of these i...

A global arts movement inviting people of all ages, from every part of the world, to celebrate the wondrous lives of truly iconic fishes: seahorses, pipefish, seadragons, and their cousins: ghost pipe...

Northern Beaches residents were shocked to find dead sea dragons washed up on local beaches earlier this week, and marine experts are concerned.

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