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Lightning Talks: Seahorses and Seadragons

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Lightning Talks: Seahorses and Seadragons aired on July 17, 2025. During this event, we learned about seahorses and their elusive relatives, seadragons! Five speakers had five minutes each to fascinate the audience with their knowledge of our spineless friends.

Featured speakers

  • Chai Apale (Zoological Society of London—Philippines)
    Seahorse conservation work
  • Mark Schick (Shedd Aquarium)
    The care and reproduction of seadragons

  • Richard Smith (IUCN Seahorse, Pipefish & Seadragon Specialist Group)
    Pygmy seahorses
  • Nerida Wilson (University of Western Australia)
    Monitoring wild seadragons

  • Mark Yun (Birch Aquarium)
    The care of seahorses

Previous seasons of Lightning Talks

Watch Season 1: Sharks; Octopuses; Otters; Orcas 

Watch Season 2: Sharks; Creatures of the Deep; Birds; Kelp Forests

Watch Season 3: Life on the Frozen Edge; Myths and Misconceptions; Jellies; Snails

Watch Season 4: Ocean Tech; Cephalopods; Experience the Coral Triangle; Rays

Watch Season 5: Salmon; Ocean Ancients; Spineless; Seahorses and Seadragons

Watch Season 6: Sea Turtles

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Join us on Thursday, January 22 for After Hours: Winter Warmth! For this 21+ event, the always warm and bright Ocean Pavilion will be open late for adult guests.

Today only, your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $25,000 thanks to the generosity of donors Betsy Cadwallader, J & Tim, and Jess & Andy Peet. Help us reach our $50,000 goal!

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