The gelatinous fish grows up to 30cm long. In its natural habitat, the blobfish maintains a typical fish shape due to high ...

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 ...

Without a swim bladder, other fish tend to lose control and sink or rise uncontrollably in the water. The blobfish’s iconic appearance is caused by its lack of a skeleton, muscles, and scales.

To survive under this pressure − literally − the blobfish's body has a high water and fat content. Jelly-like flesh makes the blobfish less dense than water, allowing it to easily move around ...

In their natural habitat, on the seabed at depths of about 2,000 to 4,000 feet, blobfish look much like any other fish. But when brought to the surface, where the water pressure isn’t high ...

It has been a dramatic change of fortunes for the blobfish. Back in 2013 ... variety of fish living in the country’s fresh and sea water environments. According to the U.S. National Oceanic ...

Well, it's a very good thing the blobfish (Psychrolutes marcidus), a member of the illustrious fathead sculpin family of deep-sea trawlers, doesn't speak English and also lives very far away — 3,300 ...

The blobfish, famous for its unusual appearance once removed from the pressures of deep water, came out nearly 300 votes ahead of the "swimmer-up," the orange roughy, organizers said. The Fish of ...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, especially in New Zealand. A New Zealand-based environmental nonprofit, the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust, announced over the weekend its annual "Fish ...

At around 3,280 feet down, human lungs and other air-filled spaces would collapse. To survive under this pressure − literally − the blobfish's body has a high water and fat content. Jelly-like flesh ...