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

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

New research finds clownfish shrink their bodies to survive warming oceans. Scientists observed some of the orange-striped ...

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.

Clownfish, a small orange and white species made famous by the “Finding Nemo” movies, have been found to shrink in order to boost their chances of surviving marine heat waves, according to a ...

Benji Jones is an environmental correspondent at Vox, covering biodiversity loss and climate change. Before joining Vox, he was a senior energy reporter at Business Insider. Benji previously ...

A study found that when ocean heat rose in 2023, "Nemos" lost weight and some length too. Researchers say it is their way of adapting to heat because smaller fish are able to breathe better when ...

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 ...