South Florida researchers warn the Everglades face an Asian swamp eel invasion, depleting small fish and starving wading birds, threatening the wetland food web.

Florida International University researchers have documented the arrival -- and takeover -- of the asian swamp eel in Florida ...

The population of American eels has declined. They need protection, conservationists say, despite their resilience. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out about eels that ...

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 ...

Signatories to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington convention, voted at a committee meeting on Thursday to reject a ...

International regulation of Japanese eels was the focus of debate at November's Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or ...

Electric-blue ribbon eel stuns divers off the coast of Indonesia Divers were treated to an unusual sight in the waters near Bali: a blue ribbon eel gracefully undulating through the sea. November 30, ...