Clownfish like Amphiprion ocellaris (pictured in in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea) are known to make their homes amid the ...

A new study reveals that clownfish use a surprising strategy to adapt their bodies to ocean heat waves: They shrink.

Here's How Imagine you are a clown fish. A juvenile clown fish, specifically, in the year 2100. You live near a coral reef. You are orange and white, which doesn’t really matter. What matters is ...

Clownfish, the brightly colored reef fish, have revealed a surprising survival strategy in the face of climate change: they ...

Learn how these tiny clownfish, famous for their role in the "Finding Nemo" films, survive the trouble of heatwaves.

the smallscale scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis oxycephala), closely resembles the reef's rocky, algae- and coral-encrusted bottom, where it lies in wait for crustaceans and small fish, such as gobies.

Consider this coral reef off the U.S. Virgin Islands recorded in 2013, when it was thriving. Snapping shrimp pop bubbles. Whales and fish call out. A year ago, the scientists recorded a reef in ...

Coral reefs are both beautiful and utterly vital to the ocean ecosystem and the local environment. They provide homes, food and breeding sites for millions of marine plants and animals, including ...

The jewel damselfish spends its life underwater, tending to a small patch of algae, oblivious to anything outside its coral reef home. But the tiny fish, like a marionette, is being pulled by a ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Coral reefs are among the most biodiverse and imperiled habitats on the planet. Aoki says when the reef is thriving, fish and other marine creatures create a rich soundscape.