A biologist has accidentally discovered that electric eels can make leaping attacks that dramatically increase the strength of the electric shocks they deliver and, in so doing, has confirmed a ...

A recent experiment about a leaping eel has confirmed a 19th century myth on how the snake-like fish stuns and attacks land predators. A naturalist named Alexander von Humboldt told a story about ...

Vanderbilt biologist Kenneth Catania has accidentally discovered that can electric eels make leaping attacks that dramatically increase the strength of the electric shocks they deliver and, in so ...