A recent email inquiring if an electric eel can kill a person jolted my memory and I recalled an encounter I wrote about several years ago. I was 11 years old, behind the scenes at the Fort Worth Zoo ...

The electric eel, or Electrophorus electricus , is one of nature's most electrifying creatures. Native to the murky waters of ...

The face of an electric eel. The massive electric organ in this species is made up of platelets of modified muscle fibers connected in series along the body. Each electroplate generates only 0.1 volt, ...

Electric eels are one of those creatures you hear about as a kid and assume must be exaggerated, but they’re very real and even more impressive than most people realise. They don’t just give off a ...