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Eel Populations Are Falling, and New Protections Were Defeated. Japan and the US Opposed Them SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Eels are the stuff of nightmares — slimy, snakelike creatures that lay millions ...

Eels have been a staple of European diets for millennia, from London’s jellied eels to Spanish angulas. But the world’s appetite is bringing them to the brink of extinction. European rivers once ...

When the tide rolls out along the shoreline of San Pablo Bay, plots of long, sinewy grass, known as eel grass, peak out from the water. Researchers have long known these plots of grass as a favorite ...

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"By using eels as a living model, we were able to guide the simulation and robotics models with biological data." The models in this study show that basic components of the motor system, like ...

The illegal trafficking of critically endangered European glass eels continues to thrive, generating up to 3 billion euros ($3.5 billion) in peak years, with more than 1 million live eels seized in ...

Research led by Hiromi Shiraishi, researcher at Chuo University, has revealed that, in addition to Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) is now widely distributed in ...

FESTUS, Mo. (KFVS) - Did you know there are eels in Missouri? According to the Mo. Department of Conservation, Steve Hite of Environmental Restoration, LLC caught and released an eel on Monday, June 2 ...

Anestes Fotiades is the editor of Portland Food Map, a print and digital platform that reports on the Maine food and dining industry that he founded in 2007. In addition he's written for Down East and ...

Open wide! The gaping gob of a pelican eel can expand into a voluminous sac for trapping elusive prey in the dark ocean depths. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A thickened soy-mirin sauce coats eel in this traditional Japanese dish. Because the eel has a thick, rubbery skin, skewering makes it so the fish doesn’t roll into a spiral while steaming, keeping it ...