(Military Times) -- Navy scientists working out of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division (NSWC) have successfully created a synthetic version of hagfish slime that has mechanical ...

The U.S. Navy's new hero may be a knight in slimy armor. A team of scientists and engineers with the U.S. Navy is taking inspiration from the natural world to develop a new defense tool. The ...

PANAMA CITY (CBSMiami/AP) — Nickelodeon would be proud. It looks and feels a lot like snot, but Navy researchers believe slime produced by the primitive hagfish could help save lives. The ...

Hagfish are a bit like underwater Spidermen. When they're attacked by a predator, they shoot out a slimy substance that can seal the mouth and clog the gills of said attacker, so they can make an ...