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.

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 ...

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 ...

“I think it’s called Blobby because, out of the water, it’s a limp, flabby thing that can’t support its own weight. So it splodges.” Blobfish belong to the fathead sculpin ...

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 ...

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 ...