New research reveals baby clownfish like Nemo are incredible athletes, able to swim 10-50 body lengths per second. Their athletic traits support their journey from the open ocean back to the reef.
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Since the 19th century, biologists have treated the larvae of lampreys as a relic of evolutionary ancestry that could potentially give clues about vertebrate origins. Now fossils overturn that view.
Young fish need to find food to grow, but avoid being eaten themselves. That dance for survival is linked to moonlight, which has implications for fisheries management everywhere.
Fish larvae will swim towards the sounds of a desirable reef, but degraded reefs cannot be rebuilt on sound alone.
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Professor of Ecology, University of Georgia
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Marine Biologist, James Cook University
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Retired Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University
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Professor of Marine biology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Ecology, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Palaeontologist, Albany Museum (supported by the Millennium Trust and the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences, the NRF and the NSCF), Rhodes University
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Professor of Marine Ecology, Simon Fraser University
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Professor of Marine Biology, James Cook University
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Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz