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DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines' Blank Park Zoo just welcomed a community of lined seahorses to its Discovery Center — all the way from North Carolina. Our fishy friends are part of a Species Survival ...

Developed to track wild seahorse populations, the tagging technique has been used in studies around the world. Yet despite these studies, said Tellier, due to their elusive, secretive nature, there is ...

Wild seahorses are also sold live to collectors for aquariums and dried to shops for souvenirs. The average lifespan of a wild seahorse in a home aquarium is about a month, Sevey said. They are ...