So it turns out that The Princess Bride was actually pretty scientifically accurate. At least when it comes to the eels. Remember those guys? The shrieking eels would get louder as they approached ...

In something straight out of a comic book, electric eels may be able to shoot DNA into other animals when they zap them with electricity. The electric eel can release up to 860 volts of electricity, ...

Though they are well known parts of popular culture, electric eels remain something of a mystery to most of us. And there’s ...

It should come as no surprise that a new plant or animal species is discovered in the Amazon Basin on average, every other day. And scientists have known for at least 250 years that electric eels live ...

Meet an electric eel at the Houston Zoo! It sends out electrical pulses to find food. Meet an electric eel at the Houston Zoo! Although it is called an eel, it is actually a relative of the catfish.

The electric eel is an amazing animal that can unleash up to 860 volts of electricity. Scientists have now found that the eel's electric current can also lead to the uptake of genetic material by fish ...

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 ...

A recent study has found that the electricity produced by an electric eel’s discharge is strong enough to cause the transfer of genetic material from the environment into the cells of nearby animals.

Man is not the only animal which can produce electricity. No insect, no bird, no other mammal can, but five fishes are living dynamos. Of these the biggest and most potent is the electric eel ...

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 ...