Sub-Saharan Africa is home to many weird and wonderful seahorses and pipefish. But they’re under threat.
- Research Associate of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University
Environmental DNA like skin cells, blood and faeces can be extracted from water, soil, ice or air to provide a good snapshot of an ecosystem.
South Africa is home to four other seahorse species, but this was the first time a pygmy seahorse had been observed in South Africa, let alone Africa.
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