If you have ever caught a fish you may have noticed they are slimy, which can make them hard to hold for a photo. The slime is produced by the fish’s skin and has several purposes. One is to protect ...

The humble hagfish produces a sticky slime to defend itself from predators, as well as to hunt for its own food. Now a team of Swiss scientists has figured out the physics behind how the hagfish can ...

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 ...

If rolling around in the muck isn’t your thing, you might want to skip this one. It’s all about the slime. Fish and slug slime, that is. At recent scientific meetings, researchers detailed their ...