At first glance, these primitive fish are striking thanks to their unusual appearance. With no fins or scales, these pinkish-gray fish look more like giant earthworms gone wrong with rows of frightful ...

Teeth have played an underappreciated role in vertebrate evolution, argues zoologist Schutt (Cannibalism) in this animated study. Exploring the various forms and uses of animal teeth, he explains that ...

The following is an excerpt from Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans by Bill Schutt. When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org link on this page, Science Friday earns ...

Hagfish are undoubtedly weird. Sometimes called slime eels, they aren’t actually eels. They are fish but have no scales or fins. Hagfish are the only vertebrates with no spine. They do have a skull, ...

Researchers found that the slime eel, or hagfish, known for deluging predators with mucus, tripled the size of its genome hundreds of millions of years ago. By Veronique Greenwood The hagfish, a ...

The humble hagfish is an ugly, gray, eel-like creature best known for its ability to unleash a cloud of sticky slime onto unsuspecting predators, clogging the gills and suffocating said predators.

Meet the humble hagfish, an ugly, gray, eel-like creature affectionately known as a "snot snake" because of its unique defense mechanism. The hagfish can unleash a full liter of sticky slime from ...

Meet the hagfish, a jawless marine creature notorious for producing massive amounts of slime when threatened. This deep-sea survivor has remained virtually unchanged for millions of years, making it a ...

Researchers have successfully demonstrated that hagfish slime proteins can accurately replicate membranes in the human eye. Scientists were able to properly grow retinal cells on hagfish slime ...