Found near Australia, Solenostomus snuffleupagus is a shaggy swimmer that closely resembles Mr. Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street.

It's surely no surprise that my favorite Sesame Street character is Aloysius Snuffleupagus, a.k.a. Mr. Snuffleupagus, a.k.a.

Over the past century, scientists have discovered all manner of weird and charismatic creatures on Australia’s Great Barrier ...

The newly documented hairy ghost pipefish was named after this fuzzy "Sesame Street" character. See which one, why.

Solenostomus snuffleupagus is a hairy ghost pipefish found in the Great Barrier Reef ...

A strange, tiny fish that resembles the famous Sesame Street character camouflages amid red algae thanks to its flamboyant reddish “hairs” ...

This unique fish looks exactly like Mr. Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street. “Once you see it, the resemblance to Snuffleupagus is impossible to ignore,” declared marine biologist David Harasti. The ...

The tiny little guy was first spotted in 2003 near Papua New Guinea by marine biologist David Harasti, who immediately ...

One fish, two fish, red fish — Mr. Snuffleupagus fish? A new species of ghost pipefish resembling the beloved star “Sesame Street” character — now officially named Solenostomus snuffleupagus — has ...

Over twenty years ago, David Harasti, a marine scientist at Australia’s Port Stephens Fisheries Institute, was scuba diving off the coast of Papua New Guinea when he saw a fish unlike any he’d ever ...