Above water, the sudden decompression disfigures the blobfish. Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust. While the slimy sea creatures do thrive deep below the water’s surface, their population and ...

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 a New Zealand contest were having none of it, ...

Deep-sea fishing and bottom trawling, when a weighted fishnet is dragged across the sea floor, are considered some of the blobfish's key predators. What is the Fish of the Year contest?

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.

Blobfish, a gelatinous deep-sea fish, grows up to 30cm and lives at depths of 600-1,200m off Australia and Tasmania. Ten fish species competed for the 2025 Fish of the Year title.

The blobfish, a deep-sea creature that has been described as the world’s ugliest animal, was named New Zealand’s Fish of the Year.

The blobfish went viral with this photo, but underwater they look like a completely different fish. They sustain tissue damage when they're brought from the ocean's depths to the surface.

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 ...

Bizarre creatures like vampire squid and blobfish make their home in the dark, cold, depths of the deep sea, but most of this watery realm remains a complete mystery. That's because humans have ...

In fact, marine biologists only recently discovered some of the species on this list.Check out the most fascinating and ...