Skip Zink has been a field biologist with the Maine Department of Marine Resources for twenty-five years. His specialty for the last fifteen has been the American eel, Anguilla rostrata, one of the ...

Three young eels — a magnificent snake eel, left, Steindachner’s moray and snowflake moray — are seen on the ocean floor. Snowflake morays are also special in that they are among the few morays that ...

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

There are about 800 species of eels that belong to eight suborders, 19 families and 111 genera. Eels are characterized by their elongated, wormlike bodies. Unlike most fish, eels do not have pelvic ...

MYSTERIOUS. >> IT IS THE BEST YEAR I’VE EVER SEEN. THE EELS ARE MORE PLENTIFUL THIS YEAR THAN I HAVE EVER SEEN THEM. ANTHONY: WHEN THE BABY GLASS EEL S ARE RUNNING IN THE LOCAL RIVERS, DEALERS NEVER ...

X-ray videos showed that some young Japanese eels demonstrated that they were not content to become a predator’s meal. By Annie Roth For most animals, ending up in a predator’s stomach means all is ...

When you’re a predatory fish, sometimes the lunch you gobbled up doesn’t agree with you. Rather than accepting its fate, the still-living meal escapes your stomach and flees through the nearest ...