Chloe Fourreau, a Ph.D. student in Japan, went hunting for an elusive and overlooked marine worm, which lives in corals off the country's Pacific coast. She found much more than she was looking for.

Scientists have described a new species of pygmy seahorse that’s colorful and smaller than the average fingernail. The researchers have officially named the tiny seahorse Japan pig, or Hippocampus ...

Our next story is a scientific tale of lost and found. Back in the 1950s, a researcher in Japan discovered a tiny translucent orange worm, living in corals off the country's Pacific coast. He wrote a ...

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Pygmy seahorses are fascinating animals. These tiny, colorful seahorses measure less than an inch (2.7 centimeters) and match their body colors and textures to those of the vibrant corals they call ...