Fauna & Flora’s 10 species to watch in 2026 includes extremely venomous vipers, highly prized falcon, a guitarfish which ...

Banquets inspired by the natural world, soba noodles, handcrafted tea sweets, contemporary farm-to-table diners; Kyoto is ...

Garden eels coat their burrows with mucous from their bodies to stabilize their holes and prevent collapse. Splendid garden eels catch and eat zooplankton floating in the water column by sticking ...

Close-up shot of garden eels emerging from the sandy seafloor within an aquarium setting. The background features blurred corals and marine plants, highlighting the eels' habitats. Royalty-free ...

The sunfish had gone off its food. How do you perk up a lonely fish? This may sound like the start of a particularly silly joke, but it was a very real challenge faced by staff at a Japanese aquarium ...

This is the amusing moment a sea creature poked its head out of the sand. Footage captured by Ric Laurence Bague shows the spotted garden eel emerging from the seabed in its enclosure at Cebu Ocean ...

These eels rarely leave their sand burrows, even to breed and spawn. If frightened, they'll retreat quickly into their homes. Spotted garden eels are small in size only growing to be about 14-16 ...

X-ray videos showed that some young Japanese eels demonstrated that they were not content to become a predator’s meal. By Annie Roth For most animals, ending up in a predator’s stomach means all is ...

Eels have fascinated humans for thousands of years, even captivating big thinkers like Aristotle and Freud. Despite having been around for some 200 million years, eels are still rather mysterious ...

A Japanese aquarium closed during the coronavirus outbreak is asking people to make video calls to their eels so the sensitive creatures remember humans exist and don't pose a threat. A Japanese ...