Few creatures demand respect like the electric eel, and this feeding proved why. With every movement, raw voltage crackled through the water, making the moment feel both dangerous and insane. This ...

The electric eel, or Electrophorus electricus , is one of nature's most electrifying creatures. Native to the murky waters of South America, these fascinating animals are known for their ability to ...

Note to editors: Multimedia, including videos and photos of electric eels hunting, can be found via Dropbox here (password: eels). Deep in the Brazilian Amazon River basin, scientists led by the ...

A researcher who extracted the animal from the eel's body believes it's the first recorded instance of one found attached to ...

Jan. 14 (UPI) --Electric eels, fish that use electric shocks to zap their prey, typically live solitary lives. But in an extraordinary find, scientists have for the first time observed electric eels ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CLEVELAND (WJW) — An electric eel at the ...

THERE are so-called lower creatures on earth today which can accomplish electrical feats beyond those of our most advanced laboratories. These living dynamos are all fishes and they hail from Africa, ...

A recent email inquiring if an electric eel can kill a person jolted my memory and I recalled an encounter I wrote about several years ago. I was 11 years old, behind the scenes at the Fort Worth Zoo ...

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 ...

Deep in the Brazilian Amazon River basin, scientists led by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History fish research associate C. David de Santana discovered a small, river-fed lake filled ...

Deep in the Brazilian Amazon River basin, scientists discovered a small, river-fed lake filled with more than 100 adult electric eels. Researchers witnessed the electric eels working together to herd ...