But eels live in water, which provides additional outlets for the current. They thus generate a larger voltage, but a divided, and therefore diminished, current.

Electrical pulses from electric eels may cause little pores to open in the cells of nearby animals, allowing environmental DNA to enter their bodies.

Few people would consider willingly getting shocked by an electric eel, but one bold biologist subjected himself repeatedly to the zaps in the name of science. "We've known these animals give off ...

The Electric Eel is the most powerful of all the electric fishes. It can discharge up to 650 volts: six times the power of a household current. A shock can fend off attackers or stun prey so the ...

Electric eels appear similar to carp and catfish and can generate nearly 600 volts of electricity, which can also hurt humans if they receive a shock ...

Meet an electric eel at the Houston Zoo! It sends out electrical pulses to find food.

Electric eels belong to the knifefish family, and they can knock your socks off by delivering more than 600 volts.

Sort of like an electric-fence sensation a few times." In the journal Current Biology, he says this small eel delivered a current that peaked at around 50 milliamps.

Electric eels can wield their zapping power in subtle and surprising ways. A new study finds that when dealing with struggling or hard-to-subdue prey, these eels bend their bodies into a horseshoe ...

Unlike some of the more common eels that you might have even seen in person, the electric eel remains very well hidden from most of us humans while we’re going about our daily life.

A newly-identified eel living in the Amazon basin can deliver record-breaking electric jolts, according to a study published Tuesday. Researchers at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural ...