Scientists have identified two new species of electric eel and one of them is the most powerful yet. Electrophorus Voltai lives in the Amazon rainforest and can produce up to 860 volts of electricity.

It should come as no surprise that a new plant or animal species is discovered in the Amazon Basin on average, every other day. And scientists have known for at least 250 years that electric eels live ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Researchers report two newly discovered species of electric eels in South America, one of which can deliver a bigger jolt than any other known animal. The researchers collected 107 ...

Electric eels are something else. Snake-like fish, long and cylindrical, glide silently through murky, slow-moving waters.

In something straight out of a comic book, electric eels may be able to shoot DNA into other animals when they zap them with electricity. The electric eel can release up to 860 volts of electricity, ...

The face of an electric eel. The massive electric organ in this species is made up of platelets of modified muscle fibers connected in series along the body. Each electroplate generates only 0.1 volt, ...

New research reveals that electric eels can spring out of the water and administer powerful electric shocks to would-be predators. Electric eels will attack large, partially submerged objects by ...

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Researchers discovered that electric eels, the biggest power-making creature on Earth, can release enough electricity to genetically modify small fish larvae. The electric eel is the biggest ...

A recent study has found that the electricity produced by an electric eel’s discharge is strong enough to cause the transfer of genetic material from the environment into the cells of nearby animals.

Which fish can generate electricity? Learn about the electric fish that produces electric shocks, how it generates electricity, where it lives and interesting facts about electric fish.