A researcher who extracted the animal from the eel's body believes it's the first recorded instance of one found attached to ...

There are about 800 species of eels that belong to eight suborders, 19 families and 111 genera. Eels are characterized by their elongated, wormlike bodies. Unlike most fish, eels do not have pelvic ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

A team of oceanographers watching a deep-sea rover’s camera never saw this coming: a young gulper eel performing fluid acrobatics for the lens. The reactions caught on video from the group of ...

The lying starts with their name. 1. Electric eels aren’t actually eels. They’re members of the knife fish family. 2. The critters are native to South American rivers, but they don’t spend all their ...

Eels. Just the name can bring shivers to some. Slippery, slimy and wiggly like snakes. All true, but some of us think they are amazing creatures. Yes, I confess to being enamored of these slippery ...

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What some call disgusting, others call delectable. That certainly applies to hagfish, also known as slime eels. They not actually eels, though, and there is some debate if they are even true fish.

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