Indonesia is an archipelago comprising of over 17,000 islands, a volcanic arc that spreads over two thousand miles from Sumatra in the west to Papua in the east. At the heart of the coral triangle, a region which scientists believe holds the planets highest concentration of marine biodiversity, Indonesia surely plays host to some of [...]

The pygmy seahorse was only recently discovered for the first time after a specimen of a gorgonian fan was bought in for research by a scientist scuba diving in Indonesia. Supremely well camouflaged, the pygmy seahorse can grow to just 2 cm in height and is therefore the smallest species of seahorse in the world. [...]