A newly-identified eel living in the Amazon basin can deliver record-breaking electric jolts, according to a study published Tuesday.

Human deaths by electric eel are extremely rare, but that kind of power does have the potential to arrest the heart or cause respiratory failure.

A NEW species of electric eel capable of delivering an electric shock three times that of a domestic wall socket has been found in the Amazon. The eight feet long Electrophorus voltai is the world&… ...

Electric eels appear similar to carp and catfish and can generate nearly 600 volts of electricity, which can also hurt humans if they receive a shock ...

Big electric eels (which are not technically eels, but rather a type of knifefish) can discharge between 10 and 850 volts in a blast and easily power several DC 40-watt light bulbs for a second.

Electric eels can wield their zapping power in subtle and surprising ways. A new study finds that when dealing with struggling or hard-to-subdue prey, these eels bend their bodies into a horseshoe ...

Electric eel zaps do more than just stun — they can alter the DNA of their victims, study suggests By tagging zebra fish with a fluorescent gene, scientists could track how electric eel jolts ...