has managed to sequence the first genome of the myxini –also known as ‘hagfish’–, the only large group of vertebrates for which there was no reference genome of any of its species yet.

Hagfishes (Myxini) are sometimes referred to as slime eels and occasionally ... They are joined in this group by the equally wonderfully weird lampreys. There are 76 species of hagfish around the ...

The fantastic abilities of E. stoutii were discovered during a car accident involving nearly 8,000 pounds of hagfish. The vehicle crashed, spilling its cargo, and the road was immediately covered ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Atlantic Hagfish is an eel-shaped creature that releases a mass of slime when threatened. The slime is so good at holding water that scientists are now studying ...

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 ...

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 ...

has managed to sequence the first genome of the myxini –also known as ‘hagfish’–, the only large group of vertebrates for which there was no reference genome of any of its species yet.