Along the murky bottom of the Amazon River, serpentine fish called electric eels scour the gloom for unwary frogs or other small prey. When one swims by, the fish unleash two 600-volt pulses of ...

Biologists identified the regulatory molecules involved in the genetic and developmental pathways that electric fish have used to convert a simple muscle into an organ capable of generating a ...

The electric organ is used by fish in murky environments to communicate with mates, navigate, stun prey and as a shocking defense, probably a reason why the muddy Amazon and its tributaries teem ...

Electric organs help electric fish, such as the electric eel, do all sorts of amazing things: They send and receive signals that are akin to bird songs, helping them to recognize other electric ...

Regulatory molecules involved in the genetic and developmental pathways that electric fish have used to convert a simple muscle into an organ capable of generating a potent electrical field has ...

How long they have been electrocuting their enemies and prey is unknown, but fossil fishes from deposits laid down over a hundred million years ago have organs so similar to the electric ones of ...

Some fishes extend their electrical ‘reach’ (beyond their individual electric field) by a special organ that generates a greater electrical discharge, which facilitates prey location.

elephantnose fish can create pulses of charge from an electric organ in their tail. They emit these pulses into the environment in a manner similar to how bats and dolphins utilize sound waves.

Similarly, certain fish species generate electric organ discharges (EODs) to probe their environment. Previous research on ...

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The South American and African fish that Zakon’s group studies get their zap from specialized electric organs extending along much of their body. Modified muscle cells called electrocytes in the ...