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. The ...

Despite its high profile as the longtime official mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society, the blobfish had been trailing the orange roughy, which is endangered. Its fortunes changed ...

Psychrolutes marcidus, known for its miserable expression, was made the mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society ... won with 1,286 votes against the orange roughy’s 1,009.

Over a decade after being relegated to the “world’s ugliest animal,” the blobfish made ... under 300 votes with second place going to the orange roughy. Similarly to the blobfish, the ...

How the tide has turned for what was declared the world’s ugliest animal in 2013 ... votes and defeating its closest competitor, the orange roughy, by nearly 300 votes.

The blobfish, the world's ugliest animal, has been voted New Zealand's ... The animal overcame a late surge in support to overtake the endangered orange roughy, another deep sea dweller, by ...

The blobfish, described as the world's ugliest animal, has been voted fish of the ... a late surge in support to overtake the endangered orange roughy, another deep sea dweller, by nearly 300 ...

The blobfish defied its reputation as the world’s ugliest animal to become New Zealand’s Fish of the Year, winning by about ...

Why do we love ugly animals? While the blobfish is known for its misshapen ... Coming in second place was the orange roughy, a deep-sea fish in the slimehead family - known for the mucous canals on ...

Why do we love ugly animals? While the blobfish is known for ... Coming in second place was the orange roughy, a deep-sea fish in the slimehead family - known for the mucous canals on their ...