A male weedy sea dragon at the Monterey Bay aquarium swims with newly hatched babies in a sea dragon display that is part of the aquarium’s special exhibition – the Secret Lives of Seahorses. The inch-long fish, Australian relatives of the seahorse, were carried as eggs on a brood pouch under the sea dragon’s tail

Photograph: Randy Wilder/AP

The Monterey Bay Aquarium animal care team and a nurturing weedy sea dragon dad have achieved a milestone reached by only four other aquariums in North America: the birth of a brood of sea dragon babies. (via zooborns)