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 ...

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 ...

The world’s most misunderstood fish reposes in pickled splendor on a shelf of the basement archives at the Australian Museum’s Ichthyology Collection, in Sydney. The smeary flesh of Mr. Blobby—as the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since 2021, the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust has been holding a new type of beauty pageant: the “Fish of the Year” competition. The contest, which is open to public vote in New Zealand, was ...