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

Sure, there’s Elf on the Shelf, but what has more holiday spirit than an eel in a tank? At least, one specific eel, anyway. Miguel Wattson, an electric eel living at Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, ...

The electric eel is the biggest power-making creature on Earth. It can release up to 860 volts, which is enough to run a machine. In a recent study, a research group from Nagoya University in Japan ...

Lurking in the waters of the Amazon basin is a new species of electric eel that scientists say can generate a greater electrical discharge than any other known animal. The eel, Electrophorus voltai, ...

As the world’s need for large amounts of portable energy grows at an ever-increasing pace, many innovators have sought to replace current battery technology with something better. Italian physicist ...

So it turns out that The Princess Bride was actually pretty scientifically accurate. At least when it comes to the eels. Remember those guys? The shrieking eels would get louder as they approached ...

An electric eel doesn’t bite first. It fires. Its body is packed with thousands of specialized electrocytes — biological ...

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 ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (CBS Local)-- An aquarium in Tennessee is hoping to shock visitors this holiday season with an electric eel that lights up a Christmas tree. The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga ...

The first electric eel was discovered by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus, well before the invention of the light bulb. In fact, the discovery of the electric eel is credited, in part with stimulating ...

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.

Man is not the only animal which can produce electricity. No insect, no bird, no other mammal can, but five fishes are living dynamos. Of these the biggest and most potent is the electric eel ...