A species of electric eel found in the Amazon basin can deliver a discharge of 860 volts, the strongest bioelectric shock ...

You’re wading in a pond in the Amazon Rainforest when something slimy brushes against your leg. Then you feel another one.

When scientists attempt to transfer genetic material into an organism, they often use an electric field, a technique called "electroporation," that makes cell walls more permeable. This sophisticated ...

Most of us have probably used a 9-volt battery. They power small household items such as clocks, smoke detectors, and toys. Now think about what you could power with 860 volts. It's 95 times the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. At first glance, the electric eel’s abilities feel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CLEVELAND (WJW) — An electric eel at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo needed stomach surgery to remove several foreign objects it had ...

A crocodile locks its jaws around an electric eel, confident in one of the strongest bites in nature, and then something goes very wrong for the predator. What happens next reveals exactly why this ...