Generally, the eel is able to generate nearly 600 volts of electricity but at times they have been able to produce 860 volts, as per a study. If a human gets a shock from an electric eel ...

As research into their electric abilities deepens, we may one day find ways to harness the eel's natural powers for human use, but for now, they remain one of the most astonishing creatures in the ...

Find out how researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed stretchable, self-healing 'jelly batteries' that could ...

This is known as biomimicry – where the natural world inspires solutions to human challenges. More than two centuries since their discovery, there’s still so much to learn about and from electric eels ...

In these clips, an electric eel in the lab attacks a dead fish attached to wire, which is shaken to simulate a struggle. The sounds represent the change in voltage level the eel is producing.

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 ...