Sparky the eel is helping a Utah aquarium power one of its Christmas trees Dec. 5, 2012— -- Forget lighting a Christmas tree the traditional way, with strings of lights plugged into the wall. The ...

A 30-year-old leopard eel has received a CT scan for a growth in the roof of his mouth—and the resulting images are incredible. Larry Gordon, who is five feet long and weighs 16 pounds, was taken to ...

The tree is up and the lights are on — powered by an electric eel. An aquarium in central Japan has found a creative way to attract tourists. It has rigged a copper wire in a tank filled with tropical ...

THERE are so-called lower creatures on earth today which can accomplish electrical feats beyond those of our most advanced laboratories. These living dynamos are all fishes and they hail from Africa, ...

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Eels are one of the most fascinating fish varieties. Their elongated bodies give them a unique appearance, and there are many subspecies with special characteristics. Some eels are native to marine ...

Right before Thanksgiving, we reported on how Chicago's Shedd Aquarium solved the Curious Case of the Missing Chloroquine. The antiparasitic drug is typically added to the water for new animals in ...

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 ...