it may be an adaptation to help clownfish survive hotter ocean temperatures. The new study on clownfish, however, suggests individual fish are shrinking over mere weeks in response to a heat wave ...

Heat waves are becoming more common and intense underwater due to climate change. Warmer water temperatures can bleach sea anemones that clownfish call home, forcing them to adapt to stay alive.

Heat waves are becoming more common and intense underwater due to climate change. Warmer water temperatures can bleach sea anemones that clownfish call home, forcing them to adapt to stay alive.

The fish live on Indo-Pacific coral reefs where heat stress has been increasing ... It was a surprise to see how rapidly clownfish can adapt to a changing environment, and we witnessed how ...

forcing them to adapt to stay alive. Scientists monitored and measured 134 colorful clownfish in Kimbe Bay during an intense heat wave in 2023 that's still bleaching corals worldwide. They found ...