Electric eel zaps do more than just stun — they can alter the DNA of their victims, study suggests By tagging zebra fish with a fluorescent gene, scientists could track how electric eel jolts ...

Electric eels might be the stuff of nightmares for some, but are they really electric – and do they have the power to give you a painful zap? We break down just watt makes these eels so shocking.

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 ...

Meet an electric eel at the Houston Zoo! It sends out electrical pulses to find food.

The Akron Zoo said a difficult decision was recently made to humanely euthanize a 9-year-old electric eel.