For more than 250 years, scientists have known about the electric eel. But in a study released Tuesday, researchers revealed the discovery of two new species that could change our understanding of the ...

but I have never in my life seen so many adult electric eels together." As a scientist, Dr de Santana's expeditions into the murky, remote waters of the Amazon have revealed 85 new species of ...

There are three species of electric eel that make up the genus Electrophorus. Located in South America’s Amazon and Orinoco ...

It’s very rare for people to be killed by electric eels. “Electrical-sensing abilities are very common in fishes,’ explains Rupert. ‘Even a tiny worm will release an electrical signal into water that ...

Scientists didn’t realize it right away, but they’d just caught a new species. Researchers decided to study a group of confusing moray eels found in the Indian Ocean, according to a study ...

Anglers and scientists found a “weakly electric” creature in a river of Mozambique and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Roger Bills via Dierickx, Lunkayilakio, Bills and ...