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 of ...

A scientific expedition to Peru has yielded a treasure trove of 27 new species, including an amphibious mouse, a "blob-headed" fish, and other zoological oddities. Ronald Diaz/Conservation ...

Psychrolutes phrictus, the blob sculpin, is a type of blobfish. (Photo by: HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Talk about a reputation glow-up. The blobfish lives up to its name with ...

Behold the glorious blobfish, New Zealand’s ‘fish of the year’ (Picture: HUM) The humble blobfish, once dubbed the world’s ‘ugliest’ has taken the crown for New Zealand’s ‘Fish of the Year’. The ...

Today, June 8, is World Oceans Day. It’s estimated that about 95 per cent of our oceans remain unexplored. Still, what we do know is that our oceans are full of marvellous life, so much of it unknown.

Since 2021, the Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust has been holding a new type of beauty pageant: the “Fish of the Year” competition. The contest, which is open to public vote in New Zealand, was ...