Clownfish, a small orange and white species made famous by the “Finding Nemo” movies, have been found to shrink in order to boost their chances of surviving marine heat waves, according to a ...

Newcastle University. (2025, May 21). Shrinking Nemo: Clownfish survive heatwaves by shrinking. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 05 ...

Marine animals are being forced to evolve amid a warming ocean, and a new study shows the clownfish could be shrinking for that reason. The famous clownfish made popular by the hit animated movie ...

They found that some clownfish, which are only 3 inches long on average, shrank as the water's temperature increased – and that those that did shrink increased their chances of surviving the heat ...

Clownfish in Papua New Guinea are temporarily shrinking in response to heat stress caused by climate change, a new study found. Here's how that might help them deal with warmer water temps.

Climate Solutions Shrinking Nemo: How clownfish survive deadly marine heat waves. A new study shows that orange clownfish can reduce their body size when water temperatures are unusually high.

Incredible shrinking clownfish beats the heat Shrinking down to size boosted clownfish survival rates up to 78 percent during heat waves. Jennifer Ouellette – May 21, 2025 2:00 pm ...

Clownfish are known to match the size of their anemone home. So if anemones are stunted by marine heat waves, it could be possible that their houseguests might need to shrink to squeeze inside.

Clownfish Shrink in Size With Their Breeding Partners to Survive Heat Stress. Story by Sam Walters • 1w. A human can't shrink away from the threats of climate change. A clownfish, however, can.

Orange clownfish in a bleached anemone during the 2023 heatwave in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea. Morgan Bennett-Smith If you shrink, I shrink. We found that there is a social component to shrinking ...