So, Dr. Hayashi nurtured a group of clownfish right from their egg stage, making sure they weren’t exposed to other anemonefish species. Then, when the clownfish were six months old, the ...

When reefs go bad, one of the first things to disappear is anemones—and their clownfish. "They're a really good indicator group," Allen says. Besides spurring demand for clownfish, Finding Nemo ...

They form another, more famous symbiotic alliance with clownfish, which are protected by a mucus layer that makes them immune to the anemone's sting. Clownfish live within the anemone’s ...

counting skills are known to help grab bigger meals or find safety in group sizes, says Brian Butterworth, a cognitive neuroscientist at University College London. But clownfish may have uncovered ...

The presence of barracuda and other large fish in their ecosystem means the clownfish rarely leaves its host. That also means it would be difficult to find a new female to come into the group if ...

An international clownfish export business founded by Changhua man Hsueh Yung-lin (薛雍霖) won him the Ministry of Agriculture’s annual award for the top 10 workers in the agricultural, fishery or animal ...