Eels. Just the name can bring shivers to some. Slippery, slimy and wiggly like snakes. All true, but some of us think they are amazing creatures. Yes, I confess to being enamored of these slippery ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Carlin Allison of Doniphan on a rare feat, catching a state record American eel. Allison was catfishing on the Current ...

A Texas marine researcher found a big surprise during a beach survey last week on Mustang Island. "This is basically as big as they get," Tunnell exclaimed in his video. "This thing is massive, it's ...

To investigate the prevalence and consumption of endangered eels, a research team examined 327 individual eel products purchased across 86 retailers throughout Singapore. The team discovered ...

Two Dominican nationals were sentenced for smuggling juvenile American eels from Puerto Rico. On Feb. 21, both defendants left Puerto Rico bound for the Dominican Republic in a boat that contained 30 ...

RIPLEY COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) - A Doniphan man caught a state record American eel. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, Carlin Allison was catfishing on the Current River on July 26 when ...

“What the hell is that?” three anglers asked as an official with the Roaring Run Watershed Association reeled in a creature swirling around in the Kiski River. It turned out to be an American eel.

American Eels have one of the most complex and interesting life cycles of any fish in Vermont. They hatch in the Sargasso Sea, an area of the North Atlantic Ocean east of the Florida, Georgia coast.

The population of American eels has declined. They need protection, conservationists say, despite their resilience.

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) is a peculiar fish, and not just because they can survive out of water for several hours breathing through their ...

This week I had a young visitor who rushed into the Oceanarium with his bucket and a very ailing American eel. Charlie wanted to see if I could revive it. I told him that eels are very adaptable, but ...