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Sea Dragon

The 3-D skeleton of the ruby seadragon — or Phyllopteryx dewysea — constructed from thousands of x-rays obtained with a CT scanner. The color was added to represent the seadragon's hue in the wild.

A bright new seadragon species emerges from the shadows

Science

For over a century, scientists thought there were only two species of seadragons on Earth. Now a third, the bright-red ruby seadragon, has been discovered — thanks to an enterprising graduate student and some digging through Australia’s archives.