Roughly 1,000 Hudson River Eel project volunteers net, count, and release about two million juvenile American eels per migrating season. By Laura Baisas Published Mar 13, 2024 5:00 PM EDT Get the ...

Maine’s lucrative fishery for baby eels — also called elvers or glass eels, depending on their stage of maturity — has escaped a proposed harvest cut that could have decimated the market. At its ...

Eels are delicious: Despite a slimy, snake-like appearance, their tender, rich meat is a favorite in everything from seaside fish fries to sushi to haute cuisine. But today’s eel lover faces a dilemma ...

The book “Slippery Beast” traces how the explosion in demand for eel led to overfishing, poaching, and black market activity. The following is an excerpt from Slippery Beast: A True Crime Natural ...

Eels have been a staple of European diets for millennia, from London’s jellied eels to Spanish angulas. But the world’s appetite is bringing them to the brink of extinction. European rivers once ...

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 ...

Every three years, Reinhold Hanel boards a research ship and voyages to the only sea in the world that’s located in the middle of an ocean. The Sargasso, bounded by currents instead of land, is an egg ...