Clownfish in Papua New Guinea are temporarily shrinking in response to heat stress caused by climate change, a new study ...

Clownfish, a small orange and white species made famous by the “Finding Nemo” movies, have been found to shrink in order to ...

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

Melissa Versteeg, a Ph.D. researcher at Newcastle University's School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, led the study. Of this newly-discovered ability for the clownfish to shrink ...

Clownfish in Papua New Guinea are temporarily shrinking in response to heat stress caused by climate change, a new study found. Here's how that... Some clownfish are shrinking, according to new ...

Of the 134 clownfish studied, 100 got shorter, the team found, and this shrinking increased their chances of surviving the heat stress by up to 78%. Senior study author Theresa Rueger, a marine ...

Now, scientists have found that the clownfish, the saltwater fish featured in the hit Disney film Finding Nemo, has been observed temporarily shrinking in response to heat stress. Melissa Versteeg ...

Animals are changing their behaviors and bodies in response to man-made climate change. In recent years, some birds have exhibited larger beaks that help them dispel excess body heat. Animals that ...