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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

What you might not expect is the sheer, eye-popping beauty of Finding Nemo (Disney/Pixar). It turns out that Pixar does fish like nobody does fish. And that’s not anthropomorphized fish, either.

The newly identified Maratus nemo is no bigger than the size of a long grain of rice -- which is a shame considering it's one of the most vibrantly colored spider species on Earth (hence, "peacock ...

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 ...

They can grow to twice that size and sell for as much as $15 each. Oceans Reefs & Aquariums has grown 15 types of clown fish and 30 species of marine fish, but the Nemo-style fish accounts for ...