A “slime eel” is a very special blind aquatic animal that lives at the bottom of the ocean. I am an exotic animal veterinarian especially fascinated by reptiles and other unusual animals. This species ...

Hagfish are undoubtedly weird. Sometimes called slime eels, they aren’t actually eels. They are fish but have no scales or fins. Hagfish are the only vertebrates with no spine. They do have a skull, ...

A rollover crash involving a flatbed truck carrying live 'slime eels' - commonly called hagfish - left a trail of slippery slime on Highway 101 in Oregon on Thursday, July 13. According to the Depoe ...

In an accident scene that could have been dreamt up by horror writer Stephen King, crates of live slime eels flew off the back of a flatbed truck this week in Oregon covering the road and neighboring ...

Meet the humble hagfish, an ugly, gray, eel-like creature affectionately known as a "snot snake" because of its unique defense mechanism. The hagfish can unleash a full liter of sticky slime from ...

Whatever you call them – slime eels, hagfish, nightmare fuel – an Oregon highway was drenched with 7,500 pounds of the sea creatures after a five-vehicle collision Thursday. Hagfish secrete sticky ...

Rush hour traffic can slow down a commute -- but slime eels, also known as "hagfish," were to blame for the midday car pileup on Oregon's US Highway 101. Rush hour traffic can slow down a commute -- ...

DEPOE BAY, Ore. – A truck full of slime eels overturned on Highway 101 Thursday afternoon, covering cars and the roadway with the slippery, slimy creatures. The crash shut down the highway at milepost ...

CHARLESTON -- A new company, going under the name of Oregon Brand Seafood LLC, has emerged to take on a contract to revive a former fish plant as a seafood processor with an initial focus on slime eel ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. What is a slime eel? – Minti ...