High demand for eel combined with a decline in stock have resulted in soaring prices for this food item, which, in many ...

Professor Kenzo Kaifu and Research Fellow Hiromi Shiraishi of Chuo University, together with Professor Yu-Shan Han of National Taiwan University, conducted the world's first quantitative study to ...

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 ...

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.

Illicit elver fishing contributed to reducing eel populations by 90 per cent in Europe, is present in some parts in east Asia ...

FLORIDA, USA — Multiple agencies are urging Floridians to report sightings of an invasive Asian swamp eel species. In a news release shared with First Coast News on Wednesday, the University of ...

A new-to-science moray eel has been discovered lurking in the dim river mouths of the Central Indo-Pacific, inspiring a species name that’s a hat-tip to the ruler of the underworld, Hades. With a name ...

Most of us have probably used a 9-volt battery. They power small household items such as clocks, smoke detectors, and toys. Now think about what you could power with 860 volts. It’s 95 times the ...