At the end of their life cycle, American eel (Anguilla rostrata) migrate to the Sargasso Sea from freshwater habitats along the east coast of North America in order to spawn planktonic eggs. The eggs ...
American eel (Anguilla rostrata) complete their life cycle by migrating from the east coast of North America to Sargasso Sea, where they spawn planktonic eggs and dye. Larvae that develop from eggs ...
Eels. Just the name can bring shivers to some. Slippery, slimy and wiggly like snakes. All true, but some of us think they are amazing creatures. Yes, I confess to being enamored of these slippery ...
These mysterious creatures undertake extraordinary journeys—a metamorphosis and migration so dramatic it rivals any in nature ...
I HAVE recently had occasion to draw up a statistical chart showing the distribution of the eel-larvæ according to size. This chart, which is here reproduced (Fig. 1.), I laid before the meeting of ...
“The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World” By Patrik Svensson. Ecco/HarperCollins Publishers. 2020. 241 pages. $28.99 “The Book of Eels” is as ...
“The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World” By Patrik Svensson. Ecco/HarperCollins Publishers. 2020. 241 pages. $28.99 “The Book of Eels” is as ...
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 ...
At an eel restaurant near Tokyo, four friends sit down to eat a Japanese delicacy now the subject of a heated international ...