Unlike any other species of animals, It is the male Seahorse that gives birth to its offsprings. The female seahorses deposit their egg in the male's pouches which are then fertilized by him.
New Zealand witnessed one of the largest whale stranding in history. While the exact cause of mass stranding remains a mystery, historically many factors are believed to drive these whales to kill themselves by beaching.
When a whale washes ashore, researchers and government agencies are usually the first on scene to assess the causes of death. However, when a rare beaked whale washed ashore in Australia earlier this week, Tuesday Oct. 14, researchers were eager to get to the scene for an entirely different reason — the opportunity to learn something about a deep diving mammal we know so little about.