Earlier this month, a group of Australian scientists confirmed a depressing landmark for our blue planet: The first marine fish of modern times has been declared extinct on the IUCN RedList. The ...

An unusual-looking fish with bulging eyes, a mohawk-like fin on its head and the ability to walk on the seafloor with its pectoral and pelvic fins has reached a grim milestone. The so-called smooth ...

The International Union for The Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially declared the smooth handfish extinct. This news makes the smooth handfish the first fish species to be declared extinct in ...

A recent survey of the little walking fish called a handfish showed that its population has been reduced to 79 fish, according to Australian scientists. A diver holds the finger-sized walking fish ...

Estimating the population size and density of rare, cryptic species poses a logistical and statistical challenge Adapting off-the-shelf GPS and camera equipment to work in concert underwater allows ...

Everyone knows the tiger, the panda, the blue whale, but what about the other five to thirty million species estimated to inhabit our Earth? Many of these marvelous, stunning, and rare species have ...

The surviving 13 species of handfish that walk on their fins are also in danger of dying out, according to scientists. Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and ...

The Spotted Handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus) is a small fish that lives on the sea bed in the cool, sheltered waters of south-east Tasmania. It has modified pelvic fins that look like “hands”, ...

What is the handfish? Discover the handfish, a tiny fish with finger-like fins that’s critically endangered and needs our help. There are 14 species of handfish, which got their name because the fish ...

A woman running on a beach in Australia found a “strange” sea creature considered locally extinct, wildlife experts said. Photo shows a representative beach in Tasmania. Photo from Shawn Tung via ...