New Atlas

Clownfish can count – but only to bully enemies away from anemones

It’s safe to say that this distinctive orange and and white creature is one of the most recognizable fish on the planet, due largely to the 2001 hit Finding Nemo. Now, scientists have discovered they ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Finding Nemo put clownfish on the map, now we know how they get their stripes

Finding Nemo, the story of a cute orange and white-striped baby fish who goes on an adventure down the east coast of Australia, put clownfish on the map. Clownfish like Nemo develop a distinct pattern ...
NPR

Clownfish might be counting their potential enemies' stripes

Clown anemonefish have territorial tendencies. Unlike the freewheeling, fun-loving protagonist of Finding Nemo, real life clown anemonefish are extremely hostile – even toward human divers. "I have ...
Scientific American

Home on the Reef: A Majority of Young Fish Return to Birthplace

A tiny coral reef lightens the azure waters off Papua New Guinea's Kimbe Island. For its diminutive size, the 0.3-square-kilometer (0.11-square-mile) reef supports abundant populations of orange clown ...
USA Today

A blizzard named after a cute fish?

Katie Couric posted a photo on Twitter a few minutes ago of a snowy New York street and wrote: It's getting nasty out here!! How is it looking where you are? #Blizzard#Nemo." And Justin Bieber, ...