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 ...

Do 'electric eels', as the name suggests, can actually produce electricity? The science involving these aquatic hunters has made many people curious as some have tried to understand if this ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...