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 eagle ray won 2021 and 2022 back-to-back before passing the crown to giant ... conservation is egotistical,” he told BBC News after the blobfish won the “ugly” contest.

Taking a blobfish out of water is like “heating something ... and they tend to move sparingly to conserve energy. After all, in what Frable calls “the largest habitat on the planet ...

The blobfish—that frowning pile of goop up there ... This is the state it is forced to debut before us air-breathers. So, who are we to laugh at the body we’ve created by interference?

After the blobfish’s win, the hosts said: “The blobfish had been sitting patiently on the ocean floor, mouth open waiting for the next mollusc to come through to eat. What a glorious moment it ...

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 ...

The blobfish has a bulbous head ... and waits for prey to come very close and practically walk into its mouth before it eats them," he says. It is also a "dedicated parent", with females laying ...

The flathead sculpin, commonly known as the blobfish, gained widespread popularity after it was named the world's ugliest animal during the 2013 British Science Festival. The blobfish is ...