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.

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 ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – The Akron Zoo said a difficult decision was recently made to humanely euthanize a 9-year-old electric eel. Last week, the zoo shared pictures on social media detailing the tedious ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Researchers report two newly discovered species of electric eels in South America, one of which can deliver a bigger jolt than any other known animal. The researchers collected 107 ...

A new electric eel discovered in the Amazon can deliver a massive jolt of 860 volts of electricity much greater than the 650 volts previously measured and the strongest of any animal. "Eight hundred ...

It’s always refreshing to see a handful of Mama Nature’s creatures working in unison, as a team. Seeing what octopuses do with their hunting partners, for example, is a good reminder that different ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (CBS Local)-- An aquarium in Tennessee is hoping to shock visitors this holiday season with an electric eel that lights up a Christmas tree. The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga ...

When scientists attempt to transfer genetic material into an organism, they often use an electric field, a technique called "electroporation," that makes cell walls more permeable. This sophisticated ...

Packing 860 volts, the newly discovered species “will not kill a healthy person.” Still, it has jolted scientists. By Emma Goldberg The average shock from an electric eel lasts about two-thousandths ...