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 New Guinea. Fish ...

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, ...

During a severe heat wave in 2023, scientists scuba diving off the coast of Papua New Guinea captured clownfish to measure ...

Climate change is no longer a distant threat, it is changing and impacting life in the world’s oceans right now. Among its ...

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

Scientists observed that clownfish appear to shrink in size in order to survive ocean heatwaves, according to a study ...

A new study reveals that clownfish use a surprising strategy to adapt their bodies to ocean heat waves: They shrink.

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 ...

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