Douglas Fudge: Did you wanna look at some slime? Christopher Intagliata (tape): I was hoping you would say that. Fudge: Let me grab a bucket here. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting ...

Scientists found a “rare” slimy creature hiding in “brackish water” of Japan and the Philippines and discovered a new species. Photo from Hirozumi Kobayashi via Huang, Hibino, Balisco and Liao (2024) ...

Researchers found that the slime eel, or hagfish, known for deluging predators with mucus, tripled the size of its genome hundreds of millions of years ago. By Veronique Greenwood The hagfish, a ...

Garden eels use their mucus to anchor themselves to the ocean floor and contort into strange shapes and positions to catch plankton. Garden eels use their mucus to anchor themselves to the ocean floor ...