When healthy, anemones look like pink flowers blossoming on rocks and coral, and serve as homes for clownfish, made famous by ...

We often think of fish as carefree swimmers in the ocean, reacting to the world around them without much forethought. However, new research suggests that our marine cousins may be more cognizant than ...

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 have ...

Anemonefish form mutualistic relationships with the sea anemones they live in and these associations are not random: some species such as the yellow-tail anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii) are ...

Several anemonefish or clownfish share one anemone, with the largest fish being a female. This is a trio of common clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris). Dauin, Philippines. (Credit: Klaus Stiefel / CC ...

Scientists have long assumed that anemonefish's tight-knit relationship with sea anemones, their protective hosts, was the main engine behind their evolutionary diversification. But the team wondered ...

Like the father in 'Finding Nemo,' anemonefish dads will do almost anything to support their offspring. Their parenting instincts are so strong that if you give a bachelor anemonefish eggs from an ...

Scientists reveal new lineages of giant sea anemones in Japan and their surprising associations with anemonefish. The scientists discovered that anemonefish are better at distinguishing different ...

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 ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract An experiment was conducted to determine whether anemonefish are truly anemone species specific. To do this, five aquaria were set up, and ...

New research suggests that the fish may be counting vertical bars on intruders to determine their threat level, and to inform the social hierarchy governing their sea anemone colonies. Figure showing ...