Cruising around their anemone, they snag plankton ... In the wild, where grouper or moray eels threaten, clownfish rarely live past seven to ten years, but in the safety of captivity they can ...

Clownfish have a thick layer of mucus on their skin that protects them from the anemones’ toxins, and they hide among the tentacles and lay their eggs at their bases. Normally, anemones’ tentacles ...

Clownfish and sea anemones are one of the most well-known examples of mutualism. Both animal species provide a myriad of ...

As North Carolina State fish biologist Patrick Cooney wrote on his blog The Fisheries: Father and mother clownfish are tending to their clutch of eggs at their sea anemone when the mother is eaten ...

The stripes are a light blue color, while its body is orange. Clownfish live in anemone hosts in shallow lagoons in the wild. Trying to replicate their environment when they’re in captivity is ...

Clownfish live in symbiosis with sea anemones, which they protect aggressively, even from humans. The clownfish has a protective coating of mucus allowing it to take refuge in the stinging tentacles ...

The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most ...

Listen here to an aggressive territorial display from a dominant female clown fish, defending her anemone on the reef in Moorea, French Polynesia. You can read the full BBC Future article here.