So, blobfish don’t really look like melting ice cream in their natural environment. Underwater, they’re shaped like tadpoles: ...

Blobfish’s remarkable comeback story, from ‘world’s ugliest animal’ to New Zealand’s fish of the year - Ugly Animal ...

The blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus) is a deep-sea fish that inhabits the waters off Australia and New Zealand, living at depths of around 600 to 1,200 meters. In its natural environment ...

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 ...

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 appearance of blobfish, which have bulbous heads and loose, flabby skin and grow to about 12 inches in length, has a lot to do with their environment. In their natural habitat, on the seabed ...

But the blobfish isn't all the "blobby" in it's natural habitat. In the cold, dark depths of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans − between 1,970 to 3,940 feet deep − the blobfish looks quite ...

In their natural habitat, on the seabed at depths of about 2,000ft to 4,000ft (600m-1,200m), blobfish resemble any other fish. But when brought to the surface, where the water pressure isn't high ...

Why do we love ugly animals? While the blobfish is known for its misshapen silhouette, in its natural deep-sea habitat it actually resembles a regular fish, with its shape kept together by the high ...