A new study shows that orange clownfish can reduce their body size when water temperatures are unusually high.

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 ...

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.

Shrinking increased individuals' chances of surviving the heat stress event by as much ... "It was a surprise to see how rapidly clownfish can adapt to a changing environment and we witnessed ...

Clownfish seem to become shorter during heat waves, according to the new study. Morgan Bennett-Smith A new study reveals that clownfish use a surprising strategy to adapt their bodies to ocean ...