The first lab study on garden eels shows how these shy creatures use their burrows, and change their movement and posture, when feeding in strong currents Garden eels are the ultimate homebodies.

Social distancing has been hard for everyone, even the eels at Tokyo's Sumida Aquarium. Since the aquarium closed to the public on March 1, its nearly 300 spotted garden eels have apparently been ...

A Japanese aquarium is calling on members of the public to play a virtual game of peek-a-boo with its community of about 300 eels to help prevent the creatures from getting shy under lockdown. Spotted ...

From a distance, garden eels look a bit like some strange grass waving on the sea floor. That is, until they abruptly shrink back into the holes they have burrowed in the sand. The eels seem to be ...

TOKYO - The Sumida Aquarium in Tokyo is asking people to spend some time video chatting from Sunday, May 3 to Tuesday, May 5 with its collection of garden eels. Why? Because the aquarium is worried ...

TOKYO (TEGNA) - A Japanese aquarium is asking people to FaceTime its collection of 300 spotted garden eels so that they remain interactive with humans during the COVID-19 lockdown. The Sumida Aquarium ...

A mysterious green moray eel peeks out from the depths of the Captain's Quarters exhibit. Eels of varying sizes - from worm-like to five feet in length - are plunging the depths of the Newport ...

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(CNN) -- With much of the world's human population stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic, one Japanese aquarium is exploring a new way to ensure its inhabitants don't get too used to the peace ...

Off the island of Oahu lies an undersea prairie that is home to hundreds of Hawaiian garden eels. Shy creatures found only in Hawaiian waters, these eels only emerge from their burrow to eat ...

TOKYO -- With much of the world's human population stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic, one Japanese aquarium is exploring a new way to ensure its inhabitants don't get too used to the peace ...

The garden eel is harmless and actually pretty cute. But get a bunch of them together and things start looking a wee bit creepy. [Narrator] Oh, nothing to see here. Just a sea floor turning into a ...