Endemic to the waters off south and east Australia, leafy sea dragons are closely related ... The eggs are fertilized during the transfer from the female to the male. The males incubate the ...

Like their sea horse cousins, male sea dragons gestate a female’s fertilized eggs in a pouch. They come in two groups of species, leafy and weedy. “Leafies” have elaborate branching ...

The Birch Aquarium's 18-foot-long tank has three leafy sea dragons — two males and one female — and 11 weedy sea dragons. The 5,300-gallon tank is a vast space, especially for the smaller ...

Sea dragons are covered in leafy appendages that are designed to ... For a sea dragon, the eggs are deposited by the female on a patch near the tail. This “brood patch” will protect and ...

LA JOLLA, California — At first glance, it looks like a branch of kelp, but then an eye moves among its leafy appendages, and ridges of tiny, translucent fins start to flutter, sending the ...

Compared to the leafy sea dragon, weedies have less flamboyant projections ... The eggs are fertilized during the transfer from the female to the male. The males incubate the eggs and carry ...

During their dance, the female sea dragon transfers her eggs ... No one has ever seen a leafy sea dragon mate in the wild, said Greg Rouse, a marine biologist at Scripps who was not involved ...

The Birch Aquarium’s 18-foot-long tank has three leafy sea dragons — two males and one female — and 11 weedy sea dragons. The 5,300-gallon tank is a vast space, especially for the smaller ...

The Birch Aquarium's 18-foot-long (5.5-meter-long) tank has three leafy sea dragons — two males and one female — and 11 weedy sea dragons. The 5,300-gallon (20,062-liter) tank is a vast space ...

The Birch Aquarium's 18-foot-long (5.5-meter-long) tank has three leafy sea dragons — two males and one female — and 11 weedy sea dragons. The 5,300-gallon (20,062-liter) tank is a vast space ...