In this video, Kenneth Catania tests the dynamics of the electrical circuit that develops when an electric eel leaps to electrify a threat. Even small eels use this strategy to direct the majority ...

Electric eels are remarkable, snake-like fish with the power to deliver electric shocks to defend themselves, hunt, navigate and even communicate with one another. But how does their amazing ability ...

In these clips, an electric eel in the lab attacks a dead fish attached to wire, which is shaken to simulate a struggle. The sounds represent the change in voltage level the eel is producing.

The electric eel is a true marvel of nature, a creature capable of producing power far beyond what most other animals can achieve. With their ability to use electricity for hunting, communication ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Vanderbilt University researchers confirmed a 200 year-old story that electric eels can shock a horse to death just by jumping out of water. The higher the eel ...