Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Some teenage Japanese eels have found a way to avoid becoming a ...

An electric eel can discharge 860 volts in a shock, which is apparently enough to open pores in the cell membranes of fish larvae and invite in new genes. The process, dubbed electroporation, is a ...

It’s always refreshing to see a handful of Mama Nature’s creatures working in unison, as a team. Seeing what octopuses do with their hunting partners, for example, is a good reminder that different ...

Eels caught in Lower Lough Erne as part of a continuing trap and transport programme could be part of the species' salvation. Commercial eel-fishing has been suspended on Lough Neagh - 70 miles from ...

The Asian swamp eel is an air-breathing, mud-loving predator spreading throughout the United States. These slithering threats are hard to detect and built to survive conditions that affect native fish ...

The European Eel is a critically endangered fish species with a dramatic decline the past 30 years, less than 5% is left of the stock. Conservation efforts have so far failed to deliver and scientific ...