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This Halloween, Our Researchers Bring Ghost Pipefishes Out of the Shadows

31 October 2024 Project SeahorseCitizen science, Seahorse relatives

The global expert group on seahorse, pipefish and seadragon conservations, hosted by Project Seahorse, is inviting the world to help shed light on the mysterious ghost pipefishes. With Halloween here, it’s a spooktacular time to spotlight these species. Their eerie appearances, sneaky camouflage tricks, and mysterious names – like harlequin ghost pipefish and armoured ghost pipefish—add to their charm. Beyond that, almost everything about their life-history, populations, and threats remains a mystery.… Read more

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Miguel’s Photo Diary: A Journey for Syngnathid Conservation

21 August 2024 Miguel CorreiaOur team, Seahorse relatives, Seahorses

As hosts of the IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group (SPS SG), Project Seahorse aims to bring together global experts to conserve syngnathids. Our goal is to mobilize this expert group and make a difference. Thanks to a generous donor, I had the chance to visit SPS SG members in Mexico and Brazil. Here’s my photo diary of this amazing experience.… Read more

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Global assessments alone just aren’t enough, Part 2

28 October 2021 Lily StantonSeahorse relatives, Seahorses

We (the IUCN SSC Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group) wanted to know the conservation status of seahorses, pipefishes and seadragons (syngnathids) at the national level and what, if any, national regulations exist to protect them?… Read more

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Global assessments alone just aren’t enough

1 October 2021 Lily StantonSeahorse relatives, Seahorses

What started out as an interesting little notion turned into a massive undertaking. Does this sound familiar?! As scientists, we know all too well that this is how big research projects often begin. One bright idea… “You know what would make a cool study?” “I wonder if we can find out x or research y?” …

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Talking syngnathids – (early) morning, noon and (late) night

24 September 2020 Lily StantonSeahorse relatives, Seahorses

2020 has been a strange year, to say the least, not exactly what we were hoping for, but here it is. There was so much to look forward to and many of our plans have been disrupted, like everyone else around the world. Our colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences were working so incredibly …

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Happiness is… your very own pipefish

21 June 2019 Media OutletAmanda Vincent, Seahorse relatives

Story originally posted by UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

Amanda Vincent has a newly discovered pipefish species named after her! … Read more

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Now you see it, now you don’t: the troubled tale of the estuarine pipefish

16 January 2018 Media OutletSeahorse relatives

Stanton, L. (Jan 15, 2018) Now you see it, now you don’t: the troubled tale of the estuarine pipefish. Lost and Found Nature. (Article) http://www.lostandfoundnature.com/blog/2018/01/15/now-you-see-it-now-you-dont-the-troubled-tale-of-the-estuarine-pipefish/… Read more

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A moment that changed me: seeing my first moth fish

17 November 2017 Media OutletSeahorse relatives

Gell, F. (Nov 17, 2017) A moment that changed me: seeing my first moth fish. The Guardian. (Article) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/17/moment-that-changes-me-moth-fish… Read more

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Fantastical Fishes: Seahorses, Pipefishes and Seadragons into the Future

23 February 2017 Project SeahorseSeahorse relatives, Seahorses

SyngBIO 2017, the third meeting of researchers and other professionals working to understand the unique biology and conservation of Syngnathid fishes (seahorses, pipefishes, pipehorses, and seadragons) will be held May 14-19, 2017 in Tampa, Florida (USA) (hosted by The University of Tampa and co-hosted by Project Seahorse). Find out more and also register here “Fantastical …

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