It turns out electric eels' ability to generate enough electricity ... That’s right, despite having tiny gills that are only used to eliminate carbon dioxide, these fish get oxygen by using ...

Electric eels are remarkable, snake-like fish with the power to deliver electric shocks to defend themselves, hunt, navigate and even communicate with one another. But how does their amazing ability ...

In these clips, an electric eel in the lab attacks a dead fish attached to wire, which is shaken to simulate a struggle. The sounds represent the change in voltage level the eel is producing.

More than 200 years after the electric eel inspired the design of the first battery, it has been discovered that they can co-ordinate their "zaps". Researchers working in the Amazon filmed eels ...

Kai Gill from the Electric Eels tells Andy Comfort about their successful season ...