Garden eels anchor the lower part of their body in burrows, and face their heads against the current as they prey on zooplankton. The species pictured is the spotted garden eel, Heteroconger hassi.

When was the Asian swamp eel first spotted in Florida? The Asian swamp eel was first detected in Florida in 1997 near Tampa and Miami, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In late summer 1997 ...

Look at that face. That eel is so mad. It looks like it’s ready to scream at the kids to get off its lawn before retreating underground to write another complaint letter.

Phantom of the sea …  A leopard eel, also known as honeycomb moray or “chitah bagh machh” in Bangladesh, was recently spotted off Saint Martin’s Island in the Bay of Bengal -- a rare sighting, as ...