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Clownfish shenanigans caught on camera

Freediver Maria Corazon Capio captured an adorable underwater scene showing two clownfish swimming peacefully among swaying ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Thanks to Light Pollution, We’re Losing Nemo

Lead author Emily Fobert says, “The presence of light is clearly interfering with an environmental cue that initiates hatching in clownfish" Adrian Angelov via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 ...
scmp.com

Losing Nemo: clownfish could vanish for good due to climate change

The star of Pixar’s blockbuster Finding Nemo may be about to vanish again – this time for good – as its peculiar mating habits put it at risk from climate change, scientists said on Tuesday. They ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Clownfish Can ‘Count’ Stripes on Other Fish to Identify Intruders, Study Suggests

Common clownfish have three white stripes, which they "count" to identify other members of their species as potential threats, a new study suggests. Nick Hobgood under CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED Clownfish ...
Ars Technica

Clownfish “count” white stripes to determine if an invader is friend or foe

Many people tend to think of clownfish, with their distinctive white bars against an orange, red, or black background, as a friendly sort of fish, perhaps influenced to some extent by the popular ...
NPR

Some clownfish are shrinking, according to new study. Here's why

Animals are changing their behaviors and bodies in response to man-made climate change. In recent years, some birds have exhibited larger beaks that help them dispel excess body heat. Animals that ...
PBS

It's getting hot in the ocean, so clownfish are shrinking their bodies to survive

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...
Popular Science

Can clownfish count?

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Why some clownfish are growing up too quickly

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Phys.org

Mutant clownfish reveals how nature draws boundaries

In 1999, a clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) hatched in the aquarium of a tropical fish hobbyist in the UK. These clownfish are prized by aquarists for their unique pattern of three straight white bars ...
BBC

Clownfish 'count' stripes to recognise their friends and enemies

It turns out that clownfish count each other's stripes to spot their friends... and to chase away their rivals too. Researchers in Japan have found that the fish recognise their friends or enemies by ...