Tamil short-tail congers live on the “sandy bottom of shallow waters” and are “carnivores, mostly (feeding) on small crustaceans and fishes,” study co-author T. T. Ajith Kumar told McClatchy News via ...

Some flee with speed, while others hide using mimicry. But for Japanese eels, escape means wiggling out tail-first from the stomach of a fish. In a new study published in Current Biology on Monday ...

Sach’s organ, located at the end of the tail, produces the lower-voltage pulses used in navigation and communication. “Electric eels are like living batteries,” explains Dr Rupert Collins ...

They have “short” heads with “small and sharp” teeth, wrinkly skin and “pointed” tails. Photos show the dark brown coloring of the new species. Dark long-body snake eels live in ...

For information and advice, ask your fishmonger. The tail end of a conger eel is notoriously bony and is best used for stock. The rest can either be grilled, pan-fried or casseroled. The firm ...