Nestled amongst the tentacles of their anemone sanctuary, clownfish have reached an amicable arrangement with their deadly hosts. But what does the anemone get in return? Biologists have discovered ...

Clownfish do a wiggle dance to increase seawater circulation to their sea anemone hosts, helping the sea creatures breathe, a new study suggests. The findings, published today (Feb. 27) in the Journal ...

Research has shown how clown anemonefish control their growth to match the size of their anemone host. Research has shown how clown anemonefish control their growth to match the size of their anemone ...

Anemone fish (also called “clownfish”) are well-known from their appearances in the Pixar movies “Finding Nemo” and “Finding Dory”. They have a symbiotic relationship with certain species of sea ...

Most anemonefishes are striped and the direction of their stripes — vertical or horizontal — correlate with their levels of territorial aggression A new study reveals that anemonefishes display ...

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 ...

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 ...

Research has shown how clown anemonefish control their growth to match the size of their anemone host. Scientists from Newcastle and Boston Universities investigated the relationship between the size ...