As the marine world heats up, clownfish are showing an unsuspected talent for adapting to increasingly extreme conditions.

A study has found that clownfish are starting to shrink due to heat stress as the waters in the ocean continue to climb, hinting at larger problems.

According to a study published in the journal Science Advances, university researchers have discovered that clownfish reduce ...

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The researchers also found that coordination is important for clownfish, as they have a higher chance of surviving heatwaves ...

Writing for The Conversation, Dr Theresa Rueger, Melissa Versteeg and Dr Chancey MacDonald discuss a new study they led which ...

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

The ocean is getting hotter. This hurts animals that live there. A team of scientists from Newcastle University in the UK ...

Scientists discovered that clownfish (the orange and white fish from Finding Nemo) can actually shrink to survive heatwaves.

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

Learn how these tiny clownfish, famous for their role in the “Finding Nemo” films, survive the trouble of heatwaves.