Their study is titled "The hagfish genome and the evolution of vertebrates." Jeramiah Smith, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, collaborated with ...

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 ...

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 ...

You can check out more of her work here. View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Hagfish are notorious for their defensive slime, which can swell from a small secretion to a carload of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now, engineers have managed to produce extremely fine fibers inspired by spider silk and hagfish slime. A team of international researchers has used a new 3D-printing technique to create ...

Fine hairs and fibers, which are ubiquitous in nature, are useful for various applications ranging from sensory hairs to the fibers that give hagfish slime its unique consistency. Researchers have ...

Fine hairs and fibers, which are ubiquitous in nature, are useful for various applications ranging from sensory hairs to the fibers that give hagfish slime its unique consistency. MechSE ...