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.

KANNIYAKUMARI: A team of scientists from the Centre for Peninsular Aquatic Genetic Resources (PAGR) Kochi- the regional centre of ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR), Lucknow- have ...

European Eel stocks have fallen by at least 90% since the 1970s. This may be due to natural changes, overfishing, pollution ...

For a crayfish in the Florida Everglades, its worst nightmare is three feet long, dark brown and pure muscle, with a mouth like a vacuum that sucks up nearly everything it can find — tiny fish, small ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...