Sea anemones, also called flowers of the sea, are stunning creatures that add a spark to any reef tank. Although they look like plants, anemones are animals with unique care requirements. They are ...

When predators hunt for small reef fish in the ocean, many of those small fish do the same thing: they hide in a nearby anemone. New research from the University of Delaware, however, shows that ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Clownfish and their sea anemone homes may have starred in the popular animation Finding Nemo, but in our own Great Barrier Reef they're ...

Jean-Paul Hobbs currently receives funding from Curtin University and Christmas Island Divers Association. His past research on anemones and anemonefishes has been funded by James Cook University, ARC ...

Research reveals clownfish use ultraviolet stripes to signal lower social rank and stay out of harm’s way with dominant anemone-mates. Anemonefishes, better known as clownfishes, are perhaps the most ...

A 2023 marine heat wave in the central Red Sea caused 100% of monitored sea anemones to bleach, followed by the death of 94-100% of clownfish and 66-94% of the anemones across three surveyed reefs.