Clownfish off the Papua New Guinea coast are shrinking. The Conversation spotlighted a troubling survival adaptation that ...

The most important thing treated as not scary in “Finding Nemo,” though, is something about Nemo himself. The little fish is what we humans would call disabled; he has an underdeveloped fin.

It has scary parts: “I don’t like this fish story,” said grandson Mark, 3, when a huge net tried to scoop up the struggling Nemo. “That was nice-scary,” he said two minutes later when ...

Tracking 134 clownfish for five months reveals that they reduce their size as a defense mechanism against rising sea temperatures and to avoid conflict with other fish, thus increasing their ...

Since it looks like Nemo and the likes will be even harder to find in the wild, you can see one in person at the Aquarium of the Pacific. The clown fish is also included in a Times photo gallery ...

In a recent study in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, scientists discovered that clownfish, made famous by the film Finding Nemo, are shrinking in size due to extreme ocean temperatures.

Film: See “Finding Nemo,” the lovable clown fish, now in 3D ...

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 ...