Naturalist Alexander Humboldt famously observed electric eels jumping up to attack horses in 1800, but for some reason the “wild terror in their sparkling eyes ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. In something straight out of a comic book, electric eels may be able to shoot DNA into other animals when they zap them with ...

Subscribe here. The Jewels of the Sea jellyfish aquarium at SeaWorld San Diego. (Courtesy of SeaWorld) The Jewels of the Sea attraction near the Electric Eel roller coaster will feature several ...

Though they are well known parts of popular culture, electric eels remain something of a mystery to most of us. And there’s ...

Meet an electric eel at the Houston Zoo! It sends out electrical pulses to find food. Meet an electric eel at the Houston Zoo! Although it is called an eel, it is actually a relative of the catfish.

A recent email inquiring if an electric eel can kill a person jolted my memory and I recalled an encounter I wrote about several years ago. I was 11 years old, behind the scenes at the Fort Worth ...

Electric eels are a power source, alright. The biggest volt-making creature on Earth, they can release up to 860 V with one of their electric organ discharges (EOD).

It’s 95 times the voltage of a 9-volt battery. That’s how much power an electric eel can produce. It’s hard to believe that any species would want to eat something capable of delivering such ...