Scientists have discovered that clownfish are shrinking in size during marine heat waves as a survival mechanism ...

Clownfish like Amphiprion ocellaris (pictured in in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea) are known to make their homes amid the ...

Clownfish, a small orange and white species made famous by the “Finding Nemo” movies, have been found to shrink in order to ...

COLUMN. A study conducted during a global coral bleaching event revealed that clownfish living in sea anemones were able to ...

As oceans get warmer, for marine life that can’t get to colder waters, like clownfish, it could mean a death sentence. But Nemo and company have a trick.

The adaptation appears to help the fish cope with high temperatures, since individuals and breeding pairs that shrank ...

A clownfish inside an anemone. Scientists monitored and measured 134 colourful clownfish in Kimbe Bay during an intense heat ...

Scientists observed this behaviour in Papua New Guinea, where warming oceans and bleaching sea anemones forced the fish to ...

Clownfish, thanks to a certain movie, might be better known as Nemos. A study found that when ocean heat rose in 2023, "Nemos" lost weight and some length too. Researchers say it is their way of ...

A new study shows that orange clownfish can reduce their body size when water temperatures are unusually high.

New research finds clownfish shrink their bodies to survive warming oceans. Scientists observed some of the orange-striped ...

NEW YORK — 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 ...