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 ...

Scientists at the Schmid College of Science and Technology at Chapman University developed a novel way to observe the elusive ...

The hagfish is the only vertebrate whose body fluids are the same concentration as the surrounding seawater. It is easy to see how this mud-dwelling, eel-like fish named for its hideous appearance ...

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 ...