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Our Red List Authority Coordinator, Elsa Camins, shares highlights from the #SyngCo Conference in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where researchers and conservationists came together to advance knowledge and conservation of syngnathids.
Read the full story:
www.iucn-seahorse.org/news/2026/3/...
Elsa, our Research Biologist & Red List Authority Coordinator for @iucnseahorse.bsky.social sky.social, advanced IUCN Red List assessments alongside colleagues at #SyngCo – determining species’ extinction risk and guiding conservation action for our #IconicFishes.
projectseahorse.org/syngcoworkshop
Our team member reimagined the traditional #LunarNewYear blessing, “May you have abundance year after year,” with our #IconicFishes.
Fun fact: The word for abundance (yú) also sounds like the word for fish.
Share this with someone you’re wishing abundance to this year. 🐟🧧
#YearofTheSeaHorse
#NewPaperAlert Meet Solenostomus snuffleupagus – A newly described species of ghost pipefish, commonly known as the hairy ghost pipefish, was named after Mr. Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street!
Read the full manuscript by our members Dave Harasti & Graham Short here: http://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70497
ROUND 2 of the #UproarChallenge is here! Thorny Seahorse is still in the running thanks to you, but we need your votes to keep the momentum going. Vote at uproarchallenge.com & help us advance to Round 3, earning us conservation funding!
The thorny seahorse made it to round 2 of the #uproarchallenge! Help our seahorse come roaring back by casting your vote. Every vote helps our species advance to the next round and brings us closer to the $10,000 conservation prize. Vote at UproarChallenge.com
Round two ends on March 23rd.
February 7 is #ReverseTheRedDay! This landmark day celebrates the conservation success around the world & all of the people, organizations, and communities working to make sure we reverse #biodiversity loss trends 🌱 Learn more at www.reversethered.org
Miguel, our focal point for field conservation, shares highlights from the #SyngCo Conference in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where researchers and conservationists came together to advance knowledge and conservation of syngnathids.
Full story here: www.iucn-seahorse.org/news/2026/3/...
🏮🧧Happy Year of the (sea)Horse🏮🧧
With the strength of the horse and the resilience of the magical seahorse, here’s to a year of fiery ambition and meaningful strides for our ocean.
#LunarNewYear #YearofTheFireHorse #SavingSeahorses
Today is #ReversetheRedDay. For the Estuarine Pipefish (Syngnathus watermeyeri), it’s a reminder that reversing the red doesn’t always come with dramatic interventions, but often begins by getting the science right with research. Read more: www.iucn-seahorse.org/news/2026/2/...
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Our Red List Authority Coordinator, Elsa Camins recently attended SyngCo, a scientific conference dedicated to the conservation and research of seahorses and their relatives in Las Palmas De Gran Cana...
www.iucn-seahorse.org
Elsa Camins, our Research Biologist and Red List Authority Coordinator for the IUCN Seahorse, Pipefish and Seadragon Specialist Group, ran an IUCN Red List assessment workshop at the SyngCo Conference...
Miguel Correia, our thematic Focal Point for Field Conservation recently attended SyngCo, a scientific conference dedicated to the conservation and research of seahorses and their relatives in Las Pa...
February 7 marks Reverse the Red Day, part of a global movement focused on halting extinctions, reversing declines on the IUCN Red List, and restoring species through science-based action. For the Est...
