An curved arrow pointing right. The Atlantic Hagfish is an eel-shaped creature that releases a mass of slime when threatened. The slime is so good at holding water that scientists are now studying ...

The hagfish is a slime-emitting ocean-dweller that's remained unchanged for 300 million years--and it shows. It has a skull (but no spine), velvet smooth skin, and a terrifying pit of a mouth that ...

Hagfish are bottom-dwelling marine animals that are capable of producing startling amounts of defensive slime when they are provoked. Understanding the burrowing activities of hagfish could lead ...

The brown hagfish (Pacific), or more precisely Eptatretus stoutii, is another creature that science has known for a long time but stands out among other species due to its astonishing abilities ...

While some might describe a hagfish as 'repulsive,' 'disgusting' or, more poetically, 'Lovecraftian', we would have to strongly disagree. Hagfishes are excellent: they are part of the ocean's clean-up ...

A monk seal is entangled in a hagfish trap off Kure Atoll, part of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The Surfrider Foundation on Monday launched a statewide effort called “North Pacific Hagfish ...