Clownfish do a wiggle dance to increase seawater circulation to their sea anemone hosts, helping the sea creatures breathe, a new study suggests. The findings, published today (Feb. 27) in the Journal ...

Tomato clownfish, in response to an unpredictable world, appear capable of adjusting when they lose their stripes based on ...

Nestled amongst the tentacles of their anemone sanctuary, clownfish have reached an amicable arrangement with their deadly hosts. But what does the anemone get in return? Biologists have discovered ...

For many creatures these flesh-eating anemones would pose a hazardous threat but to this tiny clown fish it is a home from home. The purple anemone tentacles provide shelter for the bright orange ...

When a young tomato anemonefish (a cousin to the famous Nemo) arrives at a new home, it carries extra white stripes. These ...

Research has shown how clown anemonefish control their growth to match the size of their anemone host. Scientists from Newcastle and Boston Universities investigated the relationship between the size ...

Jean-Paul Hobbs currently receives funding from Curtin University and Christmas Island Divers Association. His past research on anemones and anemonefishes has been funded by James Cook University, ARC ...

Setting up home in the stinging tentacles of a sea anemone might seem like a risky option, but anemonefish – also known as clownfish and popularised in the movie Finding Nemo – are perfectly content ...

Research has shown how clown anemonefish control their growth to match the size of their anemone host. Research has shown how clown anemonefish control their growth to match the size of their anemone ...