The coffinfish can inflate its body volume by up to 30 percent upon inhaling a significant quantity of water Claf Hong via Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 To breathe below the surface, most fish gulp down ...

With a name like coffinfish, it’s no surprise these odd-looking creatures have evolved to thrive in the dark ocean bottom. Scientists already knew that the deep-sea dwellers—sometimes called sea toads ...

Researchers in Australia have been exploring the deep sea and among the rarely seen creatures they’ve pulled up from the depths is a rather cute coffinfish.

I mean, look. The coffinfish isn’t the most attractive creature in the world. In fact, it might be one of the most unattractive creatures in the world. But looks aren’t everything – the coffinfish has ...