What keeps the boneless, jawless hagfish thriving after more than 300 million years? SLIME ...

Hagfish — or slime eels, in fisherman’s parlance — may be the most repulsive animals in the sea, and not only because of the slime. They’re hideous to begin with, with a single nostril between tiny ...

New study shows mechanisms of Hagfish burrowing into deep sea sediment Date: July 1, 2024 Source: Chapman University Summary: Scientists have developed a novel way to observe the elusive burrowing ...

New research on hagfish provides insight into evolutionary origin of the eye U of A biologists studying hagfish eyes uncover unexpected similarities to those of other vertebrates, including humans ...

Hagfish release a sticky liquid from the “slime pores” that run the length of their bodies, The Atlantic reported, and just a teaspoon of the liquid can expand 10,000 times in half a second.

When threatened, ancient bottom-dwelling marine creatures known as hagfish can produce a milk-jug’s worth of gelatinous slime containing mucous and tens of thousands of protein threads ...