Jan 16, 2024 · The blobfish—that frowning pile of goop up there—was once crowned the world’s ugliest animal. The run-off was led by the Ugly Animal Preservation Society.

The blobfish was resoundingly named as the ugliest animal alive with 795 votes of 3,000, beating the proboscis monkey, the aquatic scrotum frog, and pubic lice for the top spot ‘honour’.

Feb 8, 2024 · Infamous as the "ugliest animal in the world," the blobfish looks far different in its natural habitat thousands of feet beneath the ocean surface.

Taking a blobfish out of water is like “heating something that’s glued together and the glue starts to melt.” The blobfish went viral with this photo, but underwater they look like a...

Mar 20, 2025 · Squishy, pale and gelatinous, the blobfish isn’t winning any beauty pageants. But this deep-sea dweller—which has been dubbed the world’s ugliest animal —did manage to win over the hearts and...

Two years ago the blobfish was voted the earth’s most hideous species in an online poll conducted by the British-based Ugly Animal Preservation Society.

Ah, the blobfish – the gelatinous-looking internet sensation that took the world by storm in 2003 due to its flabby face that’s equally intriguing, horrifying and hilarious. Famous for its ugly headshots, his seemingly lazy bottom-feeding species is relatively new to science.

Once dubbed the world's ugliest animal for its soft, lumpy appearance, the blobfish has made a stunning comeback: it was crowned this week as Fish of the Year by a New Zealand environmental group.

Feb 5, 2025 · Meet the blobfish, an enigmatic creature that resides in the deep waters off the coast of Australia and New Zealand. Often caricatured as the “world’s ugliest animal,” the …

Oct 13, 2024 · First discovered in 2003 by marine ecologist Kerryn Parkinson off the coast of New Zealand, this gelatinous fish has since been crowned the world’s ugliest animal. However, there’s far more to this deep-sea dweller than its unfortunate appearance.