Electric organs help electric fish, such as the electric eel, do all sorts of amazing things: They send and receive signals that are akin to bird songs, helping them to recognize other electric fish by species, sex and even ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 1, 2022
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The electric eel - the scaleless Amazonian fish that can deliver an electrical jolt strong enough to knock down a full-grown horse - possesses an electroshock system uncannily similar to a Taser.
Plants & Animals
Dec 4, 2014
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Writing June 27, 2014 in the journal Science, a team of researchers led by Michael Sussman of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harold Zakon of the University of Texas at Austin and Manoj Samanta of the Systemix Institute ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Researchers from the University's of Bristol and Birmingham in the U.K. have made progress in identifying the ways that a conodont used its teeth—the earliest ever found in a vertebrate. In their paper published ...
A catastrophic landslide 22,500 years ago dammed the upper reaches of northern California's Eel River, forming a 30-mile-long lake, which has since disappeared, and leaving a living legacy found today in the genes of the ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2011
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A new way of helping a critically endangered species of eel swim upstream during their migration has been tested by Cardiff University researchers.
Ecology
Jun 10, 2024
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The electric eel is the biggest power-making creature on Earth. It can release up to 860 volts, which is enough to run a machine. In a recent study, a research group from Nagoya University in Japan found electric eels can ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 5, 2023
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What is the origin of the ancestors of present-day fish? What species evolved from them? A 50-year-old scientific controversy revolved around the question of which group, the "bony-tongues" or the "eels", was the oldest.
Evolution
Feb 13, 2023
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A team of researchers led by the Environment Agency have taken a major step forward in solving one of nature's most enduring mysteries—where do European Eels spawn and how do they get there?
Ecology
Oct 19, 2022
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The first lab study on garden eels shows how these shy creatures use their burrows, and change their movement and posture, when feeding in strong currents.
Plants & Animals
Jul 20, 2022
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