Electric eels are a power source, alright. The biggest volt-making creature on Earth, they can release up to 860 V with one of their electric organ discharges (EOD).

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. In something straight out of a comic book, electric eels may be able to shoot DNA into other animals when they zap them with ...

A pulse of electricity from an electric eel can make other fish take up DNA from the water in a tank. If this process occurs in nature, it could help organisms acquire new traits and evolve in ...

Yet a recent study published in the journal PeerJ reveals that electric eels — which produce an electric organ discharge (EOD) that can reach up to 860 volts — may be able to transfer genetic ...

Pain might be the first thing you associate with a shock from an electric eel, but it turns out there could be more to it than that. A new study has found that electric eels can discharge enough ...

Such species include electric eels, torpedo rays, and African freshwater catfish, all of which send out high-voltage shocks to incapacitate prey. Electroreceptive animals, on the other hand ...

The electric eel is an amazing animal that can unleash up to 860 volts of electricity. Scientists have now found that the eel's electric current can also lead to the uptake of genetic material by fish ...

Do 'electric eels', as the name suggests, can actually produce electricity? The science involving these aquatic hunters has made many people curious as some have tried to understand if this ...

Of these the biggest and most potent is the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus), a wormish monster which lives in the freshwater marshes of northern South America, grows over 8 ft. long and ...

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.