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Clownfish, beloved from 'Finding Nemo', are shrinking in response to warming oceans, a Newcastle University study finds. Researchers explore this survival strategy.
By Keith Anthony Fabro Clownfish are known for their remarkable ability to change sex to survive. Turns out, one species, clown anemonefish (Amphiprion percula), popularized in the Pixar hit movie ...
The famous clownfish made popular by the hit animated movie 'Finding Nemo' is shrinking both in size and in weight as a response to warmer ocean water, a study out of Newcastle University finds.
Eastern Baltic cod grow to much smaller sizes than they did just 30 years ago, because overfishing altered their genes, ...
Cod used to be giants. With their impressive size—over a meter in length and weighing up to 40 kilograms—and abundance, they, alongside herring, were the backbone of the Baltic fishery. Today ...
The authors of the study had “broken new ground” in linking shrinking fish sizes to “genes that are important for fish growth and reproduction”, said Malin Pinsky, a marine biologist who ...
Marine heatwaves are becoming more intense and longer-lasting as humanity continues to release planet-warming gases into our ...
25 June 2025/Kiel. Overfishing not only depletes fish stocks — it also alters the genetic blueprint of marine life. In the central Baltic Sea, cod (Gadus morhua) have not only become scarcer ...