Lined with restaurants, shops, and businesses, the river was also recently confirmed to be home to endangered Japanese eels. The narrow strip of murky water rippling along the concrete-lined banks ...

Fish that swallow their prey whole tend to wolf them down headfirst ... behavior in fish has so far only been documented in Japanese eels, it could shed light on the peculiar habits of another ...

Japanese eels spawn in the sea near the Mariana Islands, about 2,000 kilometers south of Japan. The eel lifecycle Hatching from eggs, they drift with ocean currents and become glass eels.

The majority of eels distributed in Japan are caught wild as juveniles and then raised in eel farms. Domestic catches of juvenile eels have remained low since the 1980s, while prices have risen ...

Imagine you're a Japanese eel, swimming around just minding your own business when—bam! A predatory fish swallows you whole and you only have a few minutes to make your escape before certain death.