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 ...

The clownfish-anemone living arrangement is one of the most widely recognized examples of symbiosis. Researchers have made a ...

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 ...

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 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 ...