This is a genuine image of a living blobfish underwater. This photograph was taken at an aquarium in Japan, however, so "natural habitat" might not be the most apt description of the setting. The ...

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 ...

Psychrolutes phrictus, the blob sculpin, is a type of blobfish. (Photo by: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Talk about a reputation glow-up. The blobfish lives up to its name with ...

In 2013, the blobfish was voted the world's ugliest animal, but did some far uglier animal get robbed of its just reward? In response to the question "What is a common misconception about an animal ...

It has been a dramatic change of fortunes for the blobfish. Back in 2013, the gelatinous sea creature was declared the world’s ugliest animal. But now it has been voted New Zealand’s “fish of the year ...

The blobfish defied its reputation as the world’s ugliest animal to become New Zealand’s Fish of the Year, winning by about ...

Cat cafes are great and all, but wouldn't you rather spend your precious time and money sidling up to a more rare creature — like, say, the ugliest animal in the entire world? Coming to London is the ...

Federal fish fighters this week are preparing further assaults on the feared Asian carp, with nets, electrified fences, poison — whatever they can do to stop the terrifying beast from entering the ...

At first glance, we thought it was a Star Wars character. But, no, the blobfish is a real creature that bobs around in the waters off Australia. And now it's the "winner" of the Ugly Animal ...

In 2013, Psychrolutes marcidus, otherwise known as the blobfish, garnered global attention when it was voted the world's ugliest animal. The contest, put on by the Ugly Animal Preservation Society, ...

The public has voted, and the sad-faced blobfish has been declared the ugliest endangered animal on the planet. Some have said the gelatinous deep-sea dweller that can grow up to 12 inches long ...