Florida softshell turtles are dangerous to handle and should be left alone. Harassing them risks injury from their sharp ...

The researchers also studied fossils of extinct fishes dating back almost 400 million years and saw evidence that some of the ...

While the common ancestor of vertebrates with synovial joints is still a mystery, the oldest specimen with evidence of these ...

There are three main groups of fish: those with bony skeletons, cartilaginous fish like sharks, and jawless fish like hagfish. The film highlights the differences in freshwater and saltwater fish ...

The hagfish is often considered one of the most ancient creatures still alive today. It has been around for about 300 million years and is one of the few animals without a jaw or backbone.

It’s time, once again, for most of us in Arizona to be grateful we aren’t living with dogs adjusting to daylight savings time without knowing that is what’s going on. (People living on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The mechanisms of formation of the distinct sensory organs of the inner ear and the non-sensory domains that separate them are still unclear. Here, we show that several sensory patches arise by ...