The electric eel inspired the first battery, but could these animals be a source of renewable energy? “In a word, no!” says Rupert. “It wouldn’t be ethical or efficient.” “Firstly, they don’t ...

There are three species of electric eel that make up the genus Electrophorus.Located in South America’s Amazon and Orinoco rivers and their tributaries, the electric eel (Electrophorus ...

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 ...