The trap was placed deep inside a swamp sewer tunnel. The goal was to catch small fish for an aquarium tank. When the trap was pulled up, something massive was inside. A giant eel had taken over the ...

In a sense, this is an even worse invader than the python. We’re talking about a species that is fundamentally altering wetland production” ...

For millennia, the reproduction of European eels remained an enigma, baffling thinkers from Aristotle to Freud. Danish scientist Johannes Schmidt finally pinpointed the Sargasso Sea as their breeding ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The tool allows wildlife managers to identify hidden populations before they spread widely through the Everglades. Early detection ...

In the slow-moving canals and shadowy marshes of the Florida Everglades live some of the most dangerous creatures. You probably think I’m referring to alligators or crocodiles. I’m not. Nor am I ...

Water in parts of the United States is being shocked on purpose. Not for spectacle, and not to remove rubbish, but to count what is living below the s.

The newly published breakthrough gives wildlife conservationists a powerful early warning tool to address a major ecological threat, as species such as Asian swamp eels are already established in ...

In the canals, marshes, and swamps of the Florida Everglades, invasive fish are silently slipping into new waterways. Among them are the Asian swamp eel and the bullseye snakehead, two air-breathing ...

University of Florida researchers have launched a new high-tech weapon in the fight against invasive species lurking in the state’s waterways. By scanning just a few drops of water for genetic ...