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 ...

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A New Zealand-based environmental nonprofit, the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, announced over the weekend its annual "Fish of the Year ... the world's ugliest animal during the 2013 ...

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It's an underdog victory for the blobfish, which once burst into mainstream notoriety as the world's ugliest animal [Kerryn Parkinson / Australian Museum] ...

But this deep-sea dweller—which has been dubbed the world’s ugliest animal—did manage to win ... This week, the blobfish was crowned New Zealand’s Fish of the Year. The annual contest ...

Over a decade after being relegated to the “world’s ugliest animal,” the blobfish made a resounding comeback and earned the “fish of the year” title in New Zealand. The decidedly ...

Back in 2013, the gelatinous sea creature was declared the world’s ugliest animal. But now it has been voted New Zealand’s “fish of the year” in a competition aimed at raising awareness of ...