Handfish are notoriously hard to find. These camera-shy creatures are coastal anglerfish with a narrow distribution in southeast Australia. There are 14 species, with seven endemic to Tasmania and the ...

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 ...

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”, ...

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 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 ...