Eel movement involves stretch and pressure signals, enabling swimming, crawling, and recovery after spinal injury.

It was found that eels use sensory signals from their bodies, such as stretch and pressure, to adapt to their environment.

In the mid-2010s, the elver fishery became one of Maine’s most profitable. But legally catching the young eels, also called ...

A spinal cord injury in most vertebrates likely inhibits locomotion and induces paralysis—not so in eels. They not only ...

Did you know eels are one of the few vertebrates capable of swimming even when their spinal cords are completely severed? How ...

Join Sonny on a humorous culinary adventure as he faces his fear of jellied eels! Watch as the notoriously fearless foodie encounters a dish that has him a bit on edge. Discover why these wobbly ...