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 ...

It’s a truly shocking discovery. Scientists have found two entirely new species of electric eel — including one that zaps out a record-breaking jolt. Zoologists long believed that Electrophorus ...

For more than 250 years, scientists have known about the electric eel. But in a study released Tuesday, researchers revealed the discovery of two new species that could change our understanding of the ...

Discover the electric eel species! New findings reveal Electrophorus voltai, the strongest living bioelectricity generator, and its potential. In the murky freshwater rivers and streams that snake ...

Since the mid-1700s, the scientific community has understood there to be only one species of electric eel — Electrophorus electricus, first described by botanist Carl Linnaeus — but findings published ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 79, No. 14, [Part 1: Biological Sciences] (Jul. 15, 1982), pp. 4461-4465 (5 pages) Preparations of highly purified ...