Nemo, the adorable clownfish in the movie Finding Nemo, rubs himself all over the anemone he lives in to keep it from stinging and eating him like it does most fish. That rubbing leads the makeup of microbes covering the ...
Ecology
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Predators have been identified as the shaping force behind mutually beneficial relationships between species such as clownfish and anemones.
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2018
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An international team of researchers has mapped Nemo's genome, providing the research community with an invaluable resource to decode the response of fish to environmental changes, including climate change.
Ecology
Sep 11, 2018
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Coral reef fishes, including clownfish, display a wide variety of colors but it remains unclear how these colors evolved or how they develop throughout a fish's life. Research published in BMC Biology sheds new light on the ...
Evolution
Sep 4, 2018
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The colourful stripes of coral reef-dwelling clownfish may serve to warn predators about their poisonous anemone hosts, according to a new study by The University of Western Australia.
Plants & Animals
Jul 25, 2018
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Coral bleaching is a well-known consequence of climate change. What is less widely known is that sea anemones suffer the same fate, and this reduces the fertility of clownfish living in these anemones, as researchers from ...
Environment
Oct 10, 2017
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Identification of candidate pathways in clownfish shows they can control responses to population alterations.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2016
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Clownfish became a household name over a decade ago when Disney released the movie "Finding Nemo."
Ecology
May 25, 2016
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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 in their unlikely ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2013
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Clownfish produce sounds to establish and defend their breeding status in social groups, but not to attract mates, according to research published November 7 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Orphal Colleye and colleagues ...
Plants & Animals
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