Scientists have identified two new species of electric eel and one of them is the most powerful yet. Electrophorus Voltai lives in the Amazon rainforest and can produce up to 860 volts of electricity.

New species of finless eel discovered, Apterichtus kanniyakumari, off the coast of Tamil Nadu, revealing hidden biodiversity.

Common ancestor eels lost the aquaporin gene encoding proteins with broad solute permeability. Researchers from the Institute ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese eel, a popular summertime delicacy that has become prohibitively expensive due to overfishing, has been put on the international conservation “red list” in a move that may ...

Trafficking of juvenile ‘glass’ eels from Europe to Asia generates up to €3bn a year but the species is on the brink of ...

Anglers captured a previously unknown species of deep-sea eel off the coast of India, according to a new study. Photo from the journal Ichthyological Research When a group of deep-sea fishermen off ...

The Hades’ snake moray eel has found a niche for itself in a less common environment. Most other moray eels live in saltwater environments like oceans and coral reefs. This new species prefers ...

Are those illegal eels in your unagi? A study has found 44% of North American eel samples – that's unagi when used in sushi – were actually from the critically endangered European eel, whose export ...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)- American eels will not be listed under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Wednesday, a victory for fishermen of the increasingly valuable species ...