Scientist Richard Arnott told National Geographic that the fish only looks so gooey because of rapid depressurization when its brought to the surface. At the depths the blobfish resides, the pressure ...

Blobfish are not listed as an endangered species, but human activity has caused an increased amount of danger to the fish's livelihood. Deep-sea fishing and bottom trawling, when a weighted ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...