Do 'electric eels', as the name suggests, can actually produce electricity? The science involving these aquatic hunters has made many people curious as some have tried to understand if this ...

It was by studying the electric eel that Italian scientist Alessandro Volta was able to invent the first battery in 1800. Electric eels have three special organs that help them create electricity.

Once prey is located, the eel delivers a high-voltage shock to stun or kill it, making it easier to consume. Interestingly, electric eels don’t just use their electricity for hunting ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Vanderbilt University researchers confirmed a 200 year-old story that electric eels can shock a horse to death just by jumping out of water. The higher the eel ...