Even before the Disney Pixar vehicle "Finding Nemo" turned a pair of clown fish into popular ocean-dwelling protagonists, these distinctive orange and white fish were adored for their charismatic ...

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 ...

Most anemonefishes are striped and the direction of their stripes — vertical or horizontal — correlate with their levels of territorial aggression A new study reveals that anemonefishes display ...

Clown anemonefish have territorial tendencies. Unlike the freewheeling, fun-loving protagonist of Finding Nemo, real life clown anemonefish are extremely hostile – even toward human divers. "I have ...

Ready to dive into a sea of bubbling laughter? You don't have to be a fisherman or ocean lover to appreciate these 50 fish jokes for kids and adults that are sure to make you smile from gill to gill.

The secret’s in the snot. Chemical changes in the mucus that coats a clownfish’s body can blunt the sting of its symbiotic anemone partner. To investigate, she and her colleagues raised orange ...

With its vibrant orange color and white stripes, also known as bars, the clownfish is among the most iconic sea creatures. But how does Nemo develop its distinctive look? Scientists are learning more ...

Young clownfish living closest to shore are dying faster than those further offshore because they are being exposed to artificial lighting, says an international research team. Working on the reefs ...

Researchers have produced a comprehensive genome of the false clownfish, which could be used to answer a myriad of biological questions. Clownfish may have been made famous through the popular film ...

Emily Fobert receives funding for this research from The Fisheries Society of the British Isles and from an Endeavour Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. She is affiliated with the conservation ...

Artificial lighting is killing young clownfish living closest to shore. They also found that these clownfish grew 44% more slowly than clownfish living under natural lighting conditions. Young ...

A video of a clownfish jumping out of its tank and onto the floor has gone viral on TikTok. The footage of the colorful fish shared by TikTok user @amydoessomestuff evoked memories of Finding Nemo, ...