A close-up image shows a pelican eel in the deep sea. These creatures can swallow prey larger than their own bodies thanks to a large, expandable mouth.

The pelican eel, also known as a gulper eel, measures about 3.3 feet (1 m) long and has deep black skin that absorbs nearly all light, making it practically invisible in the dark depths of the ...

Japanese unagi eel (Anguilla japonica) is a classic of the local cuisine. Eel meat has a ‘very distinguished’ flavour and texture, which Nir explained is not comparable to any other type of fish. “It ...

Known as pharyngeal jaws, they're located inside the throat, behind the primary set of oral jaws in the mouth. When the eel grasps a prey item in those oral jaws, the pharyngeal jaws move forward ...

A 4-foot long American eel was discovered along the Texas shore. In a Facebook video, an expert said the fish is “as big as they get.” ...

In the decade that invasive Asian swamp eels have been spotted in the Everglades, new research from FIU shows they’ve decimated populations of local mosquitofish and crayfish.

The eel just wasn't going along, without a fight." American eels represent nearly all of an adult rainbow snake's die t. The frequency of southern banded water snakes feeding on the eels, however ...

A snowflake moray eel peers out from its hiding spot. Bernard Spragg via Flickr under CC0 1.0 Researchers studying moray eels have discovered that these serpentine fishes have a freaky second set ...

The pelican eel, also known as a gulper eel, measures about 3.3 feet (1 m) long and has deep black skin that absorbs nearly all light, making it practically invisible in the dark depths of the ocean.