At first glance, the hagfish—a sinuous, tubular animal with pink-grey skin and a paddle-shaped tail—looks very much like an eel. Naturalists can tell the two apart because hagfish, unlike other fish, ...

"What are those things?" a man asked, pointing to a hanging decoration I made from some plastic junk I found on the beach. "I see them in the sand all the time, but I can’t think what they’re for." ...

Hagfish have been swimming in the oceans for 300 million years, and there are 77 species spread all over the world. The hagfish looks like an easy meal. Its sinuous, eel-like body has no obvious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hagfish are undoubtedly weird. Sometimes called slime eels, they aren’t actually eels. They are fish but have no scales or fins.

The jawless, spineless hagfish is a primitive creature that lives at the bottom of the ocean and dates back as far as 500 million years - but it exudes a very special slime, which could provide the ...

A study by a group of researchers at the University of Kentucky in collaboration with scientists in four other countries has been published in Nature. Their study is titled "The hagfish genome and the ...

Hagfish are widely considered the most disgusting animals in the ocean, if not on earth. The eel-shaped creatures use four pairs of thin sensory tentacles surrounding their mouths to find ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Hagfish are deep-sea eel-like creatures that, when attacked, produce a slime that explodes out to choke their assailant.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A curled up hagfish on the sandy sea floor. At first glance, these primitive fish are striking thanks to their unusual appearance.

Almost sixteen years ago, I was at phase one of Operation Convince A Tall Blond To Get With Me. For brevity, I will refer to this as The Operation. I won’t further comment on my moves during The ...

Scientists have now figured out the recipe for what might be the most repulsive slime this side of a movie screen; the goo released by annoyed hagfish. Too bad knowing the recipe isn’t enough to ...

The Navy wants a reliable way to stop small boats without opening fire on them, inadvertently causing injuries or even death. Hagfish secrete a defensive slime that instantly blows up in size, ...