A 2,000-pound Oregon fish was mounted for exhibition at the Chicago ... 9.0. Flathead catfish This widespread catfish is ugly by all accepted standards. Its flattened cranium looks like it was ...

Some fish are more beautiful to humans than others, and their outward appearance could be influencing how we decide which species to protect. The fish that humans find the ugliest are also the ...

The authors make an impassioned case for why we should prefer the likes of sea robin, a plug-ugly whiskered fish found along America's eastern seaboard, to the comelier but parlously-overfished ...

I wanted to give the fish a try. Can a fish that ugly really taste that good? During my fishing trip, we caught six large snakeheads — an aggressive, air-breathing species of fish not native to ...

The blobfish is an underwater underdog. And after years of being written off as “ugly,” it’s finally getting a chance to ...

"The only one I've ever caught was really ugly, this one looks good," another wrote. Others warned that the monstrous fish has the ability to shock those who come in contact with it—in more ways ...

Recently, though, chefs have championed this most ugly of fish and it is being served up by cooks seeking sustainable alternatives to overfished species. The first signs that the fish was becoming ...

What do you do with a bizarre-looking dead fish that’s missing an eyeball and could be mistaken, at a distance, for a monster rattlesnake? If you’re the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla, you ...

The blobfish will be neglected for its looks no more, conservationists say, This sea creature may have just experienced the "ugly duckling" glowup of the fish world. Once dubbed the "world's ...