Courtship calls among two species of fish commonly found on Australian coral reefs have been described, and researchers say ...
This vibrantly orange-and-black fish with rounded fins is called a clownfish and is a member of the family Pomacentridae. To some children’s dismay, the not-so-funny clownfish do not inhabit Hawaiian ...
Two species of Damselfish on Australian coral reefs produce distinct courtship pulse sounds with regional 'accents'Fish at ...
You might think that a party thrown by a bunch of middle-age women science buffs would be a little dry. Especially if you walked into that party to find that the cocktail-hour entertainment consisted ...
Damselfish have been discovered to disrupt "cleaning services" vital to the health of reefs, and climate change may mean this is only likely to get worse. The meal of choice for the Caribbean cleaner ...
I’ve written about why some reef dwelling fishes, particularly clownfish or anemonefish, are striped and how the direction of their stripes — vertical or horizontal — predicts their aggressiveness ...
A species of damselfish, Stegastes nigricans, selectively weed the algal gardens on which they feed in order to encourage the growth of their preferred algal species of Polysiphonia and suppress the ...
New research reveals how small coral-reef dwelling humbug damselfish use 'motion dazzle' and adaptive behaviors to confuse potential predators. When thinking of animal camouflage, we typically imagine ...
Could anything be better than chilling by the sky-blue waters of Belize, with servants doing your grunt work? Not for the longfin damselfish, who has turned the planktonic mysid shrimp into a virtual ...
Throughout nature, there are instances of animals aiding one another and living together in mutually beneficial relationships that have helped shape the world's landscapes and biodiversity. These ...
Being separated from "friends" can be a stressful experience for some coral reef fish, a new study has found. It can even cause them to lose weight. Scientists at James Cook University in north ...
Courtship calls among two species of fish commonly found on Australian coral reefs have been described, and researchers say their 'accents' can vary ...
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