The intricate relationships between cleaner fish and cleaner shrimp underpin some of the most compelling examples of mutualism in coral reef ecosystems. These interactions involve smaller organisms ...

Cleaner wrasse fish, the tiny reef dwellers that pick parasites off larger clients, behave more cooperatively when a potential customer is watching, according to experimental evidence published in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cleaner wrasse quickly scraped off a mirror-only mark, then used shrimp scraps to probe mirror space, researchers report. (CREDIT: ...

When humans need skincare, they visit clinics or spas. Fish, on the other hand, head to coral reefs’ natural “cleaning stations”—active gathering spots where they wait to be cleaned by smaller fish.

Sea lice attached to the skin of a wild salmon. Salmon farms have been plagued by parasitic sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) since they were first established in Norway in the 1960s. The small ...

Every aquarium owner hopes for one thing. A perfectly clean tank that somehow takes care of itself. It sounds ideal, but ...

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For decades, scientists used a mirror experiment to explore whether animals could recognize themselves. In that test, ...