Thousands of seadragons dead in south Australia’s worst recorded harmful algal bloom — IUCN Seahorse, Pipefish & Seadragon 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...

#ICYMI South Australia has experienced the largest recorded mass mortality of #leafyseadragons & #weedyseadragons. Thousands of these iconic fishes have died during an extended harmful algal bloom. Read more www.iucn-seahorse.org/news/2025/9/...

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Weedy seadragons in the running for nature’s best dads Four weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) males are carrying eggs for the first time in a public aquarium. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio announced the achievement just in time for Father’s...

Weedy seadragons in the running for nature’s best dads #Science #Biology #Zoology #WeedySeadragons #NatureDads #MarineLife

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As an old scuba diver and spearfisher I'm not going to make up a story about a #nudibranch except to say they're incredibly fun things to watch and play with - alongside #weedyseadragons and #octopus - while you're hiding in the kelp waiting for your dinner to swim into range.