Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This sea creature may have just experienced the "ugly duckling" glowup of the fish world. Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal, ...

Why is the blobfish so ugly? However, it’s worth noting that specimens of this fish species suffer from decompression damage when brought to the surface. Why don’t deep-sea an ...

The blobfish was crowned the world's ugliest animal in 2013 - a title it still defends today. But drop this fellow 9,200 feet below sea level, and the water holds up all that flab like a push-up bra, ...

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, especially in New Zealand. A New Zealand-based environmental nonprofit, the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, announced over the weekend its annual "Fish of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In its natural habitat, the blobfish looks significantly different from the pictures that made it famous. Photo: picture alliance ...

This sea creature may have just experienced the "ugly duckling" glowup of the fish world. Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been ...

Over a decade after being relegated to the “world’s ugliest animal,” the blobfish made a resounding comeback and earned the “fish of the year” title in New Zealand. The decidedly unattractive creature ...

The blobfish beat out the kakopo, axolotl, the Titicaca water frog and the proboscis monkey to win the competition by over 10,000 votes. The idea for the Ugly Animal Preservation Society started with ...