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Clownfish like Amphiprion ocellaris (pictured in in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea) are known to make their homes amid the tentacles of sea anemones. A new study suggests that another species of ...
To survive warming oceans, clownfish cope by shrinking in size. Scientists observed that some of the orange-striped fish shrank their bodies during a heat wave off the coast of Papa New Guinea.
By Keith Anthony Fabro Clownfish are known for their remarkable ability to change sex to survive. Turns out, one species, ...
Clownfish, a small orange and white species made famous by the “Finding Nemo” movies, have been found to shrink in order to boost their chances of surviving marine heat waves, according to a ...
Clownfish in Papua New Guinea are temporarily shrinking in response to heat stress caused by climate change, a new study ...
A new study shows that orange clownfish can reduce their body size when water temperatures are unusually high.
Now, scientists have found that the clownfish, the saltwater fish featured in the hit Disney film Finding Nemo, has been observed temporarily shrinking in response to heat stress. Melissa Versteeg ...