A recent email inquiring if an electric eel can kill a person jolted my memory and I recalled an encounter I wrote about several years ago. I was 11 years old, behind the scenes at the Fort Worth Zoo ...

Meet an electric eel at the Houston Zoo! It sends out electrical pulses to find food. Meet an electric eel at the Houston Zoo! Although it is called an eel, it is actually a relative of the catfish.

Most of us have probably used a 9-volt battery. They power small household items such as clocks, smoke detectors, and toys. Now think about what you could power with 860 volts. It’s 95 times the ...

Electric eels possess a surprising defensive tactic: leaping from water to amplify their electric shocks. This controlled maneuver, confirmed by recent research, allows them to stun predators when ...