While most fishes breathe by passing water over their gills and absorbing the oxygen in it, electric eels breath air. They have to surface to breathe about every 10 minutes. This allows them to live ...

The low-voltage pulses are essential for their survival in the murky, low-visibility waters where they live ... Electric eels are solitary creatures for the most part, but they do engage in ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Biologist and neuroscientist Kenneth C. Catania conducted a study that shows electric eels leaping out of the water. But that's not the most interesting part!

An curved arrow pointing right. Vanderbilt University researchers confirmed a 200 year-old story that electric eels can shock a horse to death just by jumping out of water. The higher the eel ...

More than 200 years after the electric eel inspired the design of the first battery, it has been discovered that they can co-ordinate their "zaps". Researchers working in the Amazon filmed eels ...

In a fascinating turn of nature, Amazon 's electric eels possess the remarkable ability to produce up to 860 volts of electricity—more than sufficient to power typical household devices.