Japan is set to sell its first captive-bred eels, a significant achievement aiming to protect dwindling wild populations. Researchers have overcome the immense cost of lab-breeding, making the process ...

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Electrophorus voltai, a newly discovered species of electric eel, pictured swimming in the Xingu River, a southern tributary of the Amazon. L. Sousa Electric eels are hard to miss. They’re eight feet ...

Concerns that war in Europe or fickle weather might hold back one of America's most valuable fisheries appear to have been unfounded. Baby eels, also called elvers, are one of the most lucrative wild ...

It never ceases to amaze us how many sea creatures remain unknown or unseen by most people. The ocean is incredibly vast, with much of it still undiscovered, which is why this is likely your first ...

For thousands of years, eels have puzzled scientists, philosophers, and fishermen alike. They spend much of their lives ...

Billions of euros worth of critically endangered eels are being trafficked each year from Europe, ending up on tables in China and Japan in what campaigners say is "the largest wildlife crime on Earth ...