An innovative, eel larvae-like robot developed by engineers and a marine biologist at the University of California can swim silently in salt water without an electric motor. Instead, the robot uses ...

SWANSEA, Australia, Feb. 16 (UPI) --Australian marine experts said a mysterious creature that drew comparisons to a "messed-up crocodile" online appears to be a large pike eel. The photo, snapped by ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems have developed a bionic stretchable nanogenerator (BSNG) that takes inspiration from electric eels. The scientists ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - If you want to witness effective teamwork, you might be as apt to find it among the fishy denizens of a coral reef as in the office where you work. Scientists on Monday ...

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A transparent eel-like robot that swims with artificial muscles could one day lurk in the ocean to study the underwater world. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a ...

Electric eels can send send up to 600 volts of electricity coursing through the water. Those predators aren't just sending zaps of electricity out into the environment willy-nilly, however, Ed Yong ...