Anemone fish (also called “clownfish”) are well-known from their appearances in the Pixar movies “Finding Nemo” and “Finding Dory”. They have a symbiotic relationship with certain species of sea ...

Learn more about the juvenile fish that carry sea anemones like weapons or shields to ward off predators. Off the coast of Tahiti, small fish have developed a big adaptation to prevent becoming prey.

Short Wave's Regina Barber and Margaret Cirino talk through how moths produce an anti-bat signal, why clownfish could be counting to 3 and the first GMO food crop sold directly to home gardeners. It's ...

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 ...

Clownfish are one of the most distinctive and popular saltwater pet fish. These cute little marine creatures got a massive boost from the hit movie “Finding Nemo”. But they’ve always been popular with ...

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 ...

Nov. 11 (UPI) --It's easy to get lost in a coral reef. To locate friends and family, anemonefish evolved the ability to see ultraviolet light. To better understand how anemonefish navigate the bright, ...

On the reefs surrounding French Polynesia, a new species was discovered living inside the magnificent sea anemone. Getty Images/iStock Photo On reefs scattered across the western Pacific Ocean, large ...

It's time now for our regular science news roundup with our friends at NPR's Short Wave podcast. And this week we've got Regina Barber and Margaret Cirino. Hey there. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: Hey.