A New Zealand-based environmental nonprofit, the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, announced over the weekend its annual "Fish of the Year" winner, which was none other than the blobfish. "The ...

A more accurate name for these creatures might be “blob-above-water-fish,” as Madeline Black wrote in 2020 for Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit environmental advocacy group. The runner-up for ...

The blobfish will be neglected for its looks no more, conservationists say, This sea creature may have just experienced the "ugly duckling" glowup of the fish world. Once dubbed the "world's ...

New Zealand's Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust announced the Fish of the Year 2025 competition was won by the blobfish, a species once voted the "world's ugliest 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 ...

At least in the beginning, the blob is based on the blobfish, which lives deep underwater near Australia and New Zealand.

Among those that were new was a “blob-headed fish” in the Chaetostoma genus, which includes bristlemouth armored catfish. The ...

Behold the glorious blobfish, New Zealand’s ‘fish of the year’ (Picture: HUM) The humble blobfish, once dubbed the world’s ‘ugliest’ has taken the crown for New Zealand’s ‘Fish of ...

A New Zealand-based environmental nonprofit, the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, announced over the weekend its annual "Fish of the Year" winner, which was none other than the blobfish.

the blob is based on the blobfish, which lives deep underwater near Australia and New Zealand and has frequently been called the world’s “ugliest fish,” although that’s largely based on ...