A group of scientists wasn't prepared for their deep-sea discovery of a gulper eel while on an expedition in Hawaii. The bizarre looking creature can inflate its pouch-like mouth in order to swallow large prey and to intimidate would-be attackers. When the scientists' discover the eel, it's ...

How strong is the shock of an electric eel exactly? Biologist Kenneth Catania wanted to find out, so he decided to do that by letting the eel shock him. Normally, electric eels shock the water around them in a charged field that stuns their prey. But they're actually able to leap at prey above ...

The Envirobot is here to monitor waters in the U.S. and seek out contamination with built in sensors. Designed to look and move like an eel, this robotic eel is able to move through the water without disrupting aquatic life or stirring up sediment. Envirobot is powered by individual modules that ...

This extraterrestrial looking eel looks more at home in the movie 'Alien' than it does on earth. I have almost not doubt this thing just burrowed out of some poor, unsuspecting victim. What this eel actually is, is a goby fish, caught off the Malaysian coast by Anuar Pak Tam. So it's not an eel ...

Apparently the rodeo isn't exclusive to dry land, cowboys, bulls and horses. If you have the will to tame a wild beast, you can make the rodeo come to you just like this octopus did when it took a moray eel for a test-drive.

A picture taken by Ethan Tipper of a prehistoric-looking creature that washed up on the banks of a lake in Australia has social media divided on what animal it exactly is. Some claim it is a large hairtail while others think it's potentially photoshopped. Image: Ian Merrington Mark McGrouther, ...

Electric eels have a brand new super power, but their traditional power is still incredibly effective. In this video a fisherman catches an electric eel, and as he is pulling it in an alligator decided to get involved. Instead, it bit off way more than it could chew. See why this video has almost ...

Article courtesy Kenneth C. Catania with Nature Communications. Electric eels (Electrophorus electricus) are legendary for their ability to incapacitate fish, humans, and horses with hundreds of volts of electricity. The function of this output as a weapon has been obvious for centuries but its ...