Scientists in Japan who noticed a drastic shift in glass eel migration patterns sounded the alarm on an underlying issue. As reported by The Japan Times earlier this month, researchers from the Japan ...

A passage to help eels navigate a river is being replaced with a more modern version. The European eel population has declined dramatically in recent decades due to habitat loss, overfishing and ...

PLYMOUTH – Move over, herring; American eels are making a seasonal run as the wiggly darlings of local rivers and streams. The slippery and mysterious fish have been making their way up Town Brook ...

Guided by Nature’s rhythm, these fish undertake challenging journeys to find their place in the circle of life. B irds ...

In Asia, they are kept in high-density tanks and fed a paste, getting fat not to reproduce, but to feed people. Largely, the ...

Migrating American eels will find it much easier to reach freshwater habitats in coming years thanks to a new eelway being installed at a key Delaware dam. The eelway, coming to the Millsboro Dam at a ...

Dedicated "eel lanes" are to be created in rivers at the South Downs National Park to assist with the migration of the European eel. The project includes the installation of fish passes created around ...

In the early 20th century, Danish biologist Johannes Schmidt solved a puzzle that had confounded European fisherman for generations. Freshwater eels—popular for centuries on menus across northern ...

Reader Chris Hall wonders what Darwinian forces might drive European eels to undertake a 12,000-kilometre journey across the Atlantic and back to breed. This could be an adaptation to the formation of ...