"A Different Kind of Farm" follows the story of Carol and Craig Schmarr, who, in 1998, took their life savings, moved to Kona, Hawaii, and built the world's fist seahorse farm. The independent documentary, written and produced by Caroling Harding, includes interviews with both fans and critics of [...]
Seahorses have seen a major shakeup overnight with the publication of a major revision to the group’s taxonomy. For about as long as we’ve known about them, these whimsical creatures have challenged our ability to accurately recognize their true species diversity, despite being some of the most [...]
LONG BEACH (CBSLA.com) — When it comes to getting some much-need rain in the Southland, El Niño has been a letdown – at least so far. But as CBS2’s Jasmine Viel reports, the weather phenomenon may be responsible for pushing rare sea creatures into our waters. Diver Roger Hanson [...]
Photo: BlairSnow I have finally found a present that I don’t need to reuse, reduce or recycle! It’s the “in” thing to give as a Christmas present this year and….you [...]
Seahorses have been a reoccurring theme this week and I couldn't be happier! At the end of last week, friend of the Aquarium and local fisherman James Bricca brought us a pregnant Hippocampus erectus. We put the baby-daddy into one of our seahorse nursery tanks to await his labor. A few days passed [...]
A team of engineers at Clemson University, led by Michael M. Porter, have created a 3-D printed model of a seahorse's tail in the hopes of finding out if the tail's unique shape - an organization of square prisms surrounded by bony plates that are connected by joints - has a functional advantage [...]
