From a distance, they look like colorful seaweed, drifting in the Minnesota Zoo’s new 800-gallon tank. But up close, delicate, rare leafy sea dragons are exposed for what they are: long-snouted ...
A giant leafy sea dragon made from marine debris by local artists in remote South Australia will feature at a national Indigenous art fair this month. Ku Arts and Arts Ceduna are making a leafy sea ...
Nature is replete with incredible survival tactics, and one of the most intriguing of these is mimicry. There are creatures that have developed leaf, flower, twig, or even algae camouflage so ...
Says Tony, a wildlife photographer from Canberra: “Leafy sea dragons have been on my bucket list for a while now. They look amazing and I had only ever seen them in the Melbourne Aquarium. We first ...
This week’s reader photo was taken by Linda in Rapid Bay, South Australia: “The beautiful leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) at Rapid Bay jetty. I was fortunate this dragon swam up out of the sea ...
These dragons don’t breathe fire—but they’re very real These dragons don’t breathe fire—but they’re very real ...