European eels make an incredibly grueling, mysterious migration to spawn in the Sargasso Sea. Supreme Court gives Trump — and the rest of the GOP — a gift in disguise Winter storm warning in 8 states ...

Pelican/Gulper eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) model at the Natural History Museum in London, England. Image by Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org ...

The Asian swamp eel has been introduced to U.S. waters, causing destruction to the food chain, as reported in the Miami Herald. Researchers from Florida International University have discovered Asian ...

The airboat engine with long metal rods at the front sputtered to a stop as researchers stood ready with long nets off Tamiami Trail. In the afternoon sun, electrodes dipped into the shallow, ...

Merry Eel-mas! Miguel Wattson, an electric eel, lights up Christmas tree. The Tennessee Aquarium has an unusual way of lighting up a Christmas tree. Miguel Wattson, an electric eel, does the job with ...

The population of American eels has declined. They need protection, conservationists say, despite their resilience. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out about eels that ...

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Eels are the stuff of nightmares — slimy, snakelike creatures that lay millions of eggs before dying so their offspring can return home to rivers and streams. They’ve existed ...

Japan’s own eel species, A. japonica, was declared endangered in 2014, a few years after the European eel, A. anguilla, was declared critically endangered. That’s one of the reasons why the market has ...

Eels have been a staple of European diets for millennia, from London’s jellied eels to Spanish angulas. But the world’s appetite is bringing them to the brink of extinction. European rivers once ...

Elvers — baby eels, also known as glass eels — are one of Maine’s most lucrative industries. (John Patriquin/Staff Photographer) American Unagi, the Waldoboro company that grows baby eels to size and ...