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The fish in the clip are saddleback clownfish (Amphiprion polymnus), also known as saddleback anemonefish. They are found in waters ranging from the Philippines to Indonesia and New Guinea, and can ...
As the marine world heats up, clownfish are showing an unsuspected talent for adapting to increasingly extreme conditions. Faced with heat waves exacerbated by climate change, these little fish, ...
A new study suggests that another species of clownfish (Amphiprion percula) may be shrinking to survive ocean heat waves. Photograph By Shane Gross ByMelissa Hobson May 21, 2025 ...
In 2023-2024, the world suffered a devastating coral bleaching event during which 84% of the world’s reefs spanning 83 countries and territories were affected. Scientists have since linked the ...
A human can’t shrink away from the threats of climate change. A clownfish, however, can. In a new paper published today in Science Advances, a team of researchers revealed that these tiny “Finding ...
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The tomato anemonefish (Amphiprion frenatus) in a bubble tip sea anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) at Minna Island, Okinawa. Credit: Marleen Klann Molecular cloaking mechanism unveils the iconic ...
Living symbiotically with sea anemones that shelter them from predators, anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) drive away organisms that nibble at their hosts. Anemonefish have also shown they will ...
To investigate, she and her colleagues raised orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula) and bubble-tip anemones (Entacmaea quadricolor) in the lab. Some of the fish and anemones were paired together ...