In the slow-moving canals and shadowy marshes of the Florida Everglades live some of the most dangerous creatures. You ...

The invasive Asian swamp eel is threatening the Florida Everglades by disrupting the food web. This predatory fish has caused an 80% loss of the prey base for wading birds in some areas. Likely ...

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, ...

For centuries, eels have kept one of nature’s most stubborn secrets. Scientists have chased answers through ancient folklore, dead ends in early experiments, and decades of missing evidence. Even with ...

KUALOA, Oahu (KHON2) — Recent videos circling on social media have shown an alarming amount of dead sea life washing along the shores of Kualoa Beach in Windward Oahu, particularly eels. While the ...

Josh Viertel and his father, Jack Viertel, wrote “The Glass Eel,” a mystery novel about the elver black market that is set in Maine. The book came out Sept. 9. (Daryn Slover/Staff Photographer) When ...

Well before the sun rises in Orlando, joggers making their laps around Lake Underhill Park are joined by fishermen outfitting their kayaks on the edge of the boat ramp. Rods and lures safely stowed, ...

"By using eels as a living model, we were able to guide the simulation and robotics models with biological data." The models in this study show that basic components of the motor system, like ...

The illegal trafficking of critically endangered European glass eels continues to thrive, generating up to 3 billion euros ($3.5 billion) in peak years, with more than 1 million live eels seized in ...

FESTUS, Mo. (KFVS) - Did you know there are eels in Missouri? According to the Mo. Department of Conservation, Steve Hite of Environmental Restoration, LLC caught and released an eel on Monday, June 2 ...

A thickened soy-mirin sauce coats eel in this traditional Japanese dish. Because the eel has a thick, rubbery skin, skewering makes it so the fish doesn’t roll into a spiral while steaming, keeping it ...

STATEN ISLAND (WABC) -- Can you feel it? Spring is in the air. Birds are chirping, trees are in bloom, New Yorkers are lying in Central Park, and the eels are migrating. "So every year, thousands of ...