Ellen Ruppel Shell takes a deep dive into the facts, figures and fascinating people that swirl around the intriguing eel.

The global trade is shifting focus from the critically endangered European eel to the American eel, raising new conservation ...

THOOTHUKUDI: Scientists of ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) discovered a new eel species called ...

"We expect this foreign fish to rapidly occupy natural wetland habitats," said Dr. Leo Nico, a biologist with the USGS Florida Caribbean Science Center in Gainesville. When was the Asian swamp eel ...

Changes in ocean currents stemming from global warming have led to a sharp increase in endangered Japanese eel larvae reaching rivers in Hokkaido in recent years, a scientific team found.

Glass eel harvest was a major reason why overfishing occurred. Fishermen exported thousands of pounds of immature eels to Asian aquaculture operations.