Imagine creatures that have survived since the time of dinosaurs. Species like the tuatara, sturgeon, crocodile, hagfish, ...

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 ...

Could You Survive In a Pool of Hagfish? Posted: December 24, 2024 | Last updated: January 7, 2025 "What If is an epic exploration of possibilities. What If is a Webby Award-winning science web ...

The Hagfish This primitive animal has teeth on its tongue, secretes a viscid slime and can tie itself in a knot. It also has four hearts, the nature of which may clarify cardiac function in higher ...

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 ...

In this adapted extract from "Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans" (Algonquin Books, 2024), author and vertebrates zoologist Bill Schutt investigates the extraordinary bite ...

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 ...