Eels Can Genetically Modify Nearby Fish With Their Electrical Pulses In laboratory experiments, gene transfer occurred in 5 percent of zebrafish larvae that were near eels when they discharged ...

The shocking truth about eels 05:50. A French court on Thursday sentenced eight people to up to five years for smuggling eel larvae destined for Asian markets, in a scheme worth over $2 million ...

Despite intensive research, much about the American eel’s lifecycle remains unknown. What we do know is that these eels spend ...

In something straight out of a comic book, electric eels may be able to shoot DNA into other animals when they zap them with electricity. The electric eel can release up to 860 volts of ...

A French court on Thursday sentenced eight people to up to five years for smuggling eel larvae destined for Asian markets, in a scheme worth over $2 million that prosecutors likened to cocaine ...

Japanese eels lay eggs in the west of the Mariana Islands, far south of Japan. After hatching, the larvae drift on the North Equatorial Current and the Kuroshio Current and are then carried to ...

Some 2,200 years ago Aristotle dignified the lowly eel by puzzling about the mystery of its life. Following him came scores of scientists who jousted with the problem with no success. All knew the ...

Researchers from Nagoya University and Kyoto University in Japan learned this by placing zebrafish larvae in the same tank as electric eels, then dousing the tank in DNA that codes for a green ...

From Bob Hall Pier all the way to Padre Island National Seashore, Jace Tunnell and his team said they came across thousands of tiny eels known as leptocephalus larvae.

A French court on Thursday sentenced eight people to up to five years for smuggling eel larvae destined for Asian markets, in a scheme worth over $2 million that prosecutors likened to cocaine ...