The seahorse's tail is typically made up of about 36 square-like segments, each composed of four L-shaped corner plates that progressively decrease in size along the length of the tail. The plates ...

"From a biological point of view, we want to understand how natural selection modified a relatively rigid ancestral tail covered with bony, armored plates into the complex seahorse tail ...

The seahorse relies heavily on its tail for survival in the ocean. Have you ever seen a monkey hold onto a tree branch with its tail? The seahorse uses its tail in a very similar way. Seahorses are ...

Using 3D printing helped researchers understand the unusual square cross-section of a seahorse’s tail and suggested uses ranging from armoured robots to medical devices The tail of a seahorse could ...

But did you know that the seahorse is one of the toughest little creatures on our tiny little world? In recent tests, researchers have found that the tail of the underwater equine can be ...