Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the most disgusting-looking fish I have encountered in my long career in fisheries is the Atlantic hagfish or, as the ...

Jud Kratzer, a fisheries biologist for Vermont Fish and Wildlife, holds a freshly-caught burbot measuring 24.5". Beneath the ice in Vermont’s lakes and streams lives a cold-loving fish with a “beard” ...

LOS ANGELES — The hagfish is a bottom feeder so repulsive it had a cameo on TV's Fear Factor. It slimes its enemies, has rows of teeth on its tongue, and feeds on the innards of rotting fish by ...

Slimy sculpin are an unassuming cold water stream fish in desperate need of a major public relations makeover. “Slimy” in the name alone is one strike against them (they really aren’t slimy). The ...

As the very real threat of antibiotic resistance looms, scientists are reeling in a surprising new way to combat drug-resistant pathogens. Fish “slime” refers to the protective mucus that coats the ...

While trying to identify a photo of a fish sent to me by my friend Captain Tom Testaverde, I misidentified it as an oyster toadfish. It turned out to be a northern stargazer. Stay tuned next week for ...

With the advent of multi-drug resistant bacteria and lack of new antibiotics, researchers have been on the lookout for new molecules that can fight these pathogens. A team of researchers have now ...

A Mississippi Coast man recently pulled in a fish that crushed the previous state record, but with a body that looks more like a snake than a fish, a head that looks like something out of a horror ...

One of the most disgusting-looking fish I have encountered in my long career in fisheries is the Atlantic hagfish or, as the fishermen refer to them, slime eels. An extremely primitive fish similar to ...