At the heart of the eel pass improvements is a float switch-controlled pump, which activates during low water flows to help ...

Despite intensive research, much about the American eel’s lifecycle remains unknown. What we do know is that these eels spend ...

Tiny, translucent baby eels also known as elvers have become one of the world’s most expensive delicacies, fetching thousands ...

Eels sometimes swim thousands of miles from their birthplace in the Atlantic to rivers and lakes where they live. Researchers say the creatures might use the Earth's magnetic field to find their way.

Maine is one of only two managed U.S. fisheries for American eels along with South Carolina. But as reported by USA Today, a U.K. study found that 44% of eel purchased in North American was ...

European eels make an incredibly grueling, mysterious migration to spawn in the Sargasso Sea. Texas flooding update: ...

Volta's electric eels can gather in groups, working together to corral smaller fish in shallower waters, a new study finds. Then, smaller groups of about 10 eels attack in unison with high-voltage ...

The young eels could spend roughly three minutes inside the fish before dying, the researcher found. Those that escaped successfully spent just under a minute liberating themselves.

After being swallowed alive, Japanese eels were able to escape from a predator fish’s stomach and swim to freedom through the fish’s gills, new research shows.