European Eel stocks have fallen by at least 90% since the 1970s. This may be due to natural changes, overfishing, pollution ...

Scientists have identified two new species of electric eel and one of them is the most powerful yet. Electrophorus Voltai lives in the Amazon rainforest and can produce up to 860 volts of electricity.

TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese eel, a popular summertime delicacy that has become prohibitively expensive due to overfishing, has been put on the international conservation “red list” in a move that may ...

For a crayfish in the Florida Everglades, its worst nightmare is three feet long, dark brown and pure muscle, with a mouth like a vacuum that sucks up nearly everything it can find — tiny fish, small ...

After Canada announced Tuesday it wouldn’t list the American eel under the Species at Risk Act, some First Nations people with cultural and spiritual ties to the species are questioning the decision.

Most of us have probably used a 9-volt battery. They power small household items such as clocks, smoke detectors, and toys. Now think about what you could power with 860 volts. It’s 95 times the ...

The federal government has decided against listing the American eel under the Species at Risk Act, a move that comes after more than a decade of indecision and years of chaos and controversy in the ...