Professor Kenzo Kaifu and Research Fellow Hiromi Shiraishi of Chuo University, together with Professor Yu-Shan Han of National Taiwan University, conducted the world's first quantitative study to ...

Figure 1. (Top) Imports of live eel fry into East Asia from the other regions based on East Asian Customs data, 2004-2022. (Bottom) Imports of live eel fry into East Asia from the Americas based on ...

Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis is emerging as an innovative tool to assess the distribution and biomass of species in aquatic environments that enables quick and non-invasive surveys compared to ...

Few animals have sparked humanity’s curiosity as much as the eel (Anguilla anguilla). Until a recent past, this slimy, slippery, snake-shaped, incredibly agile fish inhabited virtually every body of ...

Research led by Hiromi Shiraishi, researcher at Chuo University, has revealed that, in addition to Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) is now widely distributed in ...

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To investigate the prevalence and consumption of endangered eels, a research team examined 327 individual eel products purchased across 86 retailers throughout Singapore. The team discovered ...

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 ...

Researchers have developed a new method to identify illegally trafficked European eels, and it has already led to the arrest and prosecution of smugglers in Hong Kong. The team’s DNA testing method ...

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 ...

European eels use an electromagnetic “sixth sense” to navigate during their long migration, two new studies propose. The electrical “shadow” of a new moon may help eels cross the continental shelf of ...

No one knows how eels have sex. Actually, let me be a little more specific. No one knows how European eels (also known as Anguilla anguilla) have sex. I don’t remember where or when I first learned ...