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 ...

The scientists discovered that hagfish create a u-shaped burrow by utilizing a 'thrash' phase with vigorous swimming coupled with side- to-side head movements followed by a 'wriggle' phase that ...

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 ...

An international team of palaeontologists, including researchers from The University of Manchester, have uncovered evolutionary secrets hidden in the 100-million-year-old fossil of a hagfish – a slimy ...

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 ...

Second, hagfishes can tie themselves in knots. The hagfish will create a knot with its tail by wrapping it around its body. The fish then slides the knot from head to tail, wiping off the slime as it ...

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 ...