Psychrolutes microporos, a deep-sea fish with the unflattering nickname "blobfish," has gone from being called the World's ...

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

Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...

A New Zealand-based environmental nonprofit, the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, announced over the weekend its annual ...

“At its normal depth, it just looks like a fish,” says Su, “but we bring it up and it decomposes into this monstrous thing.” The blob, who eventually will be known as Bob, isn’t a ...

A New Zealand-based environmental nonprofit, the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, announced over the weekend its annual "Fish of the Year" winner, which was none other than the blobfish.