This photo provided by Morgan Bennett-Smith shows a clownfish near an anemone in Kimbe Bay, off the coast of Papa New Guinea. Credit: AP/Morgan Bennett-Smith ...

According to the researchers, the results reveal that clownfish reduce their size in response to heat stress, which, in turn, increases their chances of surviving a heatwave by 78 percent.

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 ...

Photo: Clownfish shrink their bodies to beat the heat . Listen to article. Some clownfish off the coast of Papua New Guinea shrank their bodies during a marine heat wave — and the smaller fish ...

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.

Clownfish have been shown to shrink in order to survive heat stress and avoid social conflict, Newcastle University research reveals.

This photo provided by Morgan Bennett-Smith shows a clownfish near an anemone in Kimbe Bay, off the coast of Papa New Guinea. (Morgan Bennett-Smith via AP) ...

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 ...

To survive warming oceans, clownfish cope by shrinking in size. Scientists observed that some of the orange-striped fish shrank their bodies during a heat wave off the coast of Papua New Guinea ...