Scientists and Indigenous community members documented 27 new-to-science species in Peru’s Alto Mayo region, including four new mammals and a bizarre “blob-headed” fish that was already well ...

Blob fish are unique in that they don’t have a skeleton – instead, their body is soft and ‘blobby’, held together by the immense pressure of their deep-sea environment. Spokesperson for ...

A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The variety of species identified was quite eclectic and names for the new ...

But now it has been voted New Zealand’s “fish of the year” in a competition aimed at raising awareness of the country’s marine life and its fragile ecosystem. Organized by the Mountains to ...