Clownfish like Amphiprion ocellaris (pictured in in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea) are known to make their homes amid the ...

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

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

Scientists observed this behaviour in Papua New Guinea, where warming oceans and bleaching sea anemones forced the fish to ...

The wild clownfish are almost identical to the ones depicted in the movie Finding Nemo, in which a timid clownfish living off ...

This photo provided by Morgan Bennett-Smith shows a clownfish near an anemone in Kimbe Bay, off the coast of Papa New Guinea.

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

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

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

As the world contemplates dealing with more extreme temperatures, one coral reef fish has found a novel way to beat the heat: ...

Clownfish are one of the most recognisable reef fish, known for their orange and white stripes Fish similar to those made famous by the movie Finding Nemo are shrinking to cope with marine ...

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