Sea dragons survive on tiny crustaceans such as mysids, or sea lice. It is not known if they are preyed upon by other animals. They are, however, frequently taken by divers seeking to keep them as ...

The weedy sea dragon, also called the common sea dragon, inhabits the waters off south and east Australia. Compared to the leafy sea dragon, weedies have less flamboyant projections and are ...

Weedy sea dragons (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus), or common ... Columbus' inch-long hatchlings will be raised for one year by ...

A new virtual reality experience uses the bones of a sea dragon to recreate life in Jurassic waters ... Palaeontologists have revived the animal for Rhomaleosaurus: Back to Life in Virtual Reality, an ...

Since the opening of the Ocean’s Alive exhibit at the Great Lakes Aquarium, the weedy sea dragons have been a hit. The ...

Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of "the biggest and most complete" ichthyosaur, also known as a sea dragon, in U.K. history. The gigantic skeleton of the extinct prehistoric ...

"That's a severe barotrauma when the pressure has injured the animal." Massive rainfall in 2022 also caused the sea dragons' main food source, mysid shrimp, to be flushed out of the coast.