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 ...
Reef "beauty salons" staffed by tiny cleaner fish aren t just for parasite removal they may also shape the microbial life of the entire ecosystem. A fascinating new study shows these bustling fish ...
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Cleaner fish recognize themselves in mirrors, a capacity thought restricted to some mammals and birds
Cleaner wrasse quickly learn to recognize themselves in mirrors, and take advantage of the information their reflection provides. They also experiment with the mirror in a way we might call playful, ...
A shrimp scrap drifted down the face of a mirror, and a small reef fish tracked it like it was watching a slow-motion experiment. The fish, a blue-streak cleaner wrasse, had carried the shrimp upward, ...
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