The University of California-San Diego was founded in 1960. They decided to go with an unusual mascot and became the Tritons in 1964. Here is more on what their mascot is — and, more important, why.

Blobfish’s remarkable comeback story, from ‘world’s ugliest animal’ to New Zealand’s fish of the year - Ugly Animal ...

Globally considered the world's ugliest animal, the blobfish has been crowned Fish of the Year by a New Zealand environmental group. The annual award is given by the Mountain to Sea Conservation Trust ...

Fans navigating the dozens of schools in the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments might become as attached to the ...

The blobfish - once labelled the world's ugliest animal - has scored a sensational victory in New Zealand's Fish of the Year ...

The mascot of UC San Diego is making his ... in Greek mythology as the son of Poseidon and a sea warrior with the lower body of a fish. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography is part of UC ...

With its grinning, bald-domed Frankie the Friar mascot, the Red Flash reached ... as the son of Poseidon and a sea warrior with the lower body of a fish. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography ...