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 ...

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 ...

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

The electric eel is the closest thing nature’s got to a living, breathing battery. Running up to eight feet in length, these serpentine swimmers (which actually aren’t true eels, but a type of ...

Because it’s made of rubber, the Anaconda is much lighter than other wave energy devices that are often tethered to the sea floor and bob like buoys or pump like pistons.

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