Editor's note

The oppressive dry, the frightening bushfires, then coronavirus, then floods. It’s time we had some good news.

Pour yourself a cosy cup of tea, and read this article about how Australian researchers have provided a housing solution for the endangered White’s seahorse. These researchers dropped 18 “seahorse hotels” on the ocean floor, giving this species a place to curl their weary tails while their local natural habitats of coral and sponges recover from destruction.

These seahorse hotels are even helping some seahorses breed, with 13 of the males becoming pregnant (yes, the males). That’s a promising outlook to expand local populations, since, in some areas, populations have declined by up to 97% in the past decade.

If this good news wasn’t convincing enough, lead author David Harasti is a talented underwater photographer. His photos of White’s seahorse are mesmerising.

Anthea Batsakis

Deputy Editor: Environment + Energy

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Two adult seahorses living on the seahorse hotels four months after the hotels were deployed.

To save these threatened seahorses, we built them 5-star underwater hotels

David Harasti, Southern Cross University; Michael Simpson, University of Sydney; Rebecca L. Morris, University of Melbourne; Ross Coleman, University of Sydney

White's seahorse in Sydney uses seahorse hotels as temporary residence while their natural habitats recover.

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