A Giant Eel With Sharp Teeth Goes to the Doctor and the Process Is More Complex Than You'd Think ...

The doctor tells you what to do, and unless you’re a squirming baby or terrified of needles, you pretty much follow instructions. But what happens when the patient is a giant yellow-orange eel with ...

Of the thousands of different types of fish, only five can produce electricity. Best known of these is the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus), a brownish-grey, snake-like creature that is not an ...

A green moray eel is the newest addition to the Cook Museum of Natural Science in Decatur, while new virtual-reality goggles ...

Many animals have highly effective hunting strategies that have allowed them to thrive for millions of years. These predators ...

Some 2,200 years ago Aristotle dignified the lowly eel by puzzling about the mystery of its life. Following him came scores of scientists who jousted with the problem with no success. All knew the ...

Japanese eels try to wriggle back out of the stomachs of fish that have swallowed them whole – and now we know how they sometimes succeed. A few years ago, Yuha Hasegawa at Nagasaki University in ...

Crocodiles are apex predators in many freshwater ecosystems, but even they can encounter prey capable of fighting back. One such animal, as shown in the video clip, is the electric eel, a South ...

A recent email inquiring if an electric eel can kill a person jolted my memory and I recalled an encounter I wrote about several years ago. I was 11 years old, behind the scenes at the Fort Worth Zoo ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Certain fish and the Bermuda Triangle are linked in an ...

A recent email inquiring if an electric eel can kill a person jolted my memory and I recalled an encounter I wrote about several years ago. I was 11 years old, behind the scenes at the Fort Worth Zoo ...