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

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

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

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

Clownfish, the iconic fish made famous by the film “Finding Nemo,” have been found to survive marine heat waves and […] ...

Clownfish have been shown to shrink in order to survive heat stress and avoid social conflict, research reveals.

Benji Jones is an environmental correspondent at Vox, covering biodiversity loss and climate change. Before joining Vox, he was a senior energy reporter at Business Insider. Benji previously ...

Clownfish seem to become shorter during heat waves, according to the new study. Morgan Bennett-Smith A new study reveals that clownfish use a surprising strategy to adapt their bodies to ocean ...

Wanting to know how clownfish cope with changes to their environment, we repeatedly measured 134 wild fish in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, during a marine heatwave that started in March 2023 and ...

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 ...