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Voters Crown the ‘World’s Ugliest Animal’ as New Zealand’s Fish of the Year
The blobfish is specially adapted to life in the deep ocean, but it looks like a shapeless blob when brought to the surface.
Race to name creatures of the deep as mining interest grows
In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...
Blobfish, once dubbed 'world's ugliest animal,' named fish of the year in New Zealand
Once dubbed the "world's ugliest animal," the blobfish – scientific name Psychrolutes marcidus – has been named New Zealand's ...
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Sea Life News
12, 2025 — Scientists identify a new way to detect life in outer space with currently ... Gene Related to Human Kidney Disease Linked to Touch in Sea Anemones Mar. 12, 2025 — A new article ...
A new deep-sea predator has been discovered, and it's tiny but deadly
Life down there plays by a completely different set of rules, with creatures that have adapted in ways we can barely imagine.
'World's ugliest animal' is New Zealand's fish of the year
Once dubbed the world's ugliest animal for its soft, lumpy appearance, the blobfish has made a stunning comeback: it was ...
Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica, Revealing Tentacled Creatures Beneath
In large part thanks to being in the right place at the right time, researchers discovered a thriving marine ecosystem ...
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Scientists Stunned By Alien-like Ecosystem Under Antarctic Iceberg
When a massive iceberg calved off the Antarctic coast earlier this year, it did more than just reshape the ice sheet—it ...