The orange clownfish, Amphiprion percula, is an important denizen of many reef systems (and, thanks to Disney, Pixar, and Ellen Degeneris, one of the most famous fishes since the Billy Bass). One of ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The National Marine Fisheries Service recently announced the orange clownfish — a species popularized for a generation of children by the movie “Finding Nemo” — may warrant protection ...

Federal regulators are looking to save “Nemo” from ocean pollution. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) said Tuesday it is considering new protections for the orange clownfish, which was made ...

The orange clownfish — the striped reef dweller made popular by the Disney cartoon character Nemo — may warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act because of ocean acidificiation and ...

SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal petition today with the National Marine Fisheries Service seeking Endangered Species Act protection for the orange clownfish — star of ...

WASHINGTON — An environmental group asked the U.S. government yesterday to consider classifying the orange clownfish — Nemo, to a generation of children — as endangered. The growing acidity of the ...

Orange clownfish photo © G.R. Allen. Photos are available for media use. “Finding Nemo is getting even more difficult — climate change and ocean acidification ...

In a 90-day finding (pdf) published this morning in the Federal Register, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) found that the listing of the orange clownfish (Amphiprion percula) "may be ...

How does the orange clownfish — aka Nemo from the movie "Finding Nemo" — really find its way home? It turns out the colorful saltwater fish can sniff for leaves that fall into the sea from rainforests ...

Orange clownfish, or Amphiprion percula, are shown in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. How quickly this fish develops its stripes depends on the sea anemone species it chooses to live in, a study has ...

Researchers have produced a comprehensive genome of the false clownfish, which could be used to answer a myriad of biological questions. Clownfish may have been made famous through the popular film ...

The success of the 2003 Disney-Pixar movie Finding Nemo, which featured an orange clownfish father looking for his kidnapped son, brought about a tragic irony. Instead of grasping the film's true ...