NASHVILLE, Oct. 29 (UPI) --Prehistoric and one-dimensional -- that's the knock on electric eels. At least according to Kenneth Catania, a Vanderbilt biologist who says there are people who talk ...

NASHVILLE, Dec. 4 (UPI) --Electric eels are outfitted with natural 'Tasers,' enabling them to shock and stun their prey -- momentarily paralyzing them before sinking their teeth into the frozen fish.

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 ...

Electric eels will attack large, partially submerged objects by raising up out of the water and zapping perceived threats, according to a study published this week in the journal Proceedings of ...

It's kind of like walking straight into an electric fence, or getting shot with a stun gun. That's how one biologist describes the experience of getting zapped by an electric eel. "You wouldn't ...

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 ...

Electric eels, whose bodies are composed of electrocytes -- essentially biological batteries derived from muscle -- are one of the few species of animal that use electrical discharges to capture ...

When the eels approached their prey, they released an intense volley of high-voltage pulses—around 400 a second. These pulses completely freeze the prey, and that’s when the eel lunges.

Electric eels have been observed in the Amazon hunting in groups for the first time. By working together, they can send fish flying with a supercharged jolt of electricity.