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 ...

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

A New Zealand-based nonprofit announced the blobfish as the winner of its "Fish of the Year" vote, years after it was named the world's ugliest animal. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

In 2013, the blobfish was voted World’s Ugliest Animal by the Ugly Animal Preservation Society in an effort to get some attention for creatures who aren’t exactly panda-cute. The blobfish fit ...

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.

Beauty is in the eyes of Mr. Blobby’s beholders. The blobfish, a deep-sea creature, has been described as the world’s ugliest animal because of its gelatinous, tadpole-like body. But voters in ...

The animal overcame a late surge in support to overtake the endangered orange roughy, another deep sea dweller, by nearly 300 votes. Blobfish, when brought to the surface where the water pressure ...

Sea creatures have adapted to help them thrive ... Preservation Society gave the "world's ugliest animal" title to the blobfish. It belongs to the fathead sculpin family, a group of tadpole ...

Blobfish live in the ocean’s deepest regions, between 600 and 1,200 meters, where pressure is over 100 times greater than at sea level. To survive, they have a squishy body, soft bones, and ...

The blobfish, or Psychrolutes marcidus ... which gives it the molten shape the Internet knows it for. While the slimy sea ...

Blobfish’s remarkable comeback story, from ‘world’s ugliest animal’ to New Zealand’s fish of the year. Ugly Animal Preservation Society mascot beats fellow deep-sea critter orange roughy ...

Blobfish are considered deep-sea species and are often found in cold, dark habitats between 1,970 and 3,940 feet deep in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.