"We expect this foreign fish to rapidly occupy natural wetland habitats," said Dr. Leo Nico, a biologist with the USGS Florida Caribbean Science Center in Gainesville. When was the Asian swamp eel ...

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The global trade is shifting focus from the critically endangered European eel to the American eel, raising new conservation concerns.

To investigate the prevalence and consumption of endangered eels, a research team examined 327 individual eel products purchased across 86 retailers throughout Singapore. The team discovered ...

Changes in ocean currents stemming from global warming have led to a sharp increase in endangered Japanese eel larvae reaching rivers in Hokkaido in recent years, a scientific team found.

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“The eel species is migratory and lays eggs in one place and grows in other areas. There is a need for an intense study about its habitat, biology, life span, and other details,” Ajith said.