There are three species of electric eel that make up the genus Electrophorus.Located in South America’s Amazon and Orinoco rivers and their tributaries, the electric eel (Electrophorus ...

They can live to be 100 years old and must make a grand journey at the end of their lives to New Caledonia to complete their life cycle.

Her wariness is not entirely unreasonable. Mature Australian long-finned eels (Anguilla reinhardtii) average a metre in length, and can weigh up to 22 kilograms. As their powerful-looking jaws suggest ...

In Otago a muddy pond on a patch of private farmland has been turned into a thriving, legally protected wetland in just two years.