Later this month, governments from around the world will gather in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for the 20th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in ...

At an eel restaurant near Tokyo, four friends sit down to eat a Japanese delicacy now the subject of a heated international ...

A proposal from the European Union to regulate international trade in eel species is a key focus of an international ...

Japanese eel is included on the agenda for the upcoming international conference on endangered species trade starting next week in Uzbekistan.

Scientists have identified two new species of electric eel and one of them is the most powerful yet. Electrophorus Voltai lives in the Amazon rainforest and can produce up to 860 volts of electricity.

Global wildlife talks opened Monday, with votes expected on increased shark protection, a bid to allow limited rhino horn ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese eel, a popular summertime delicacy that has become prohibitively expensive due to overfishing, has been put on the international conservation “red list” in a move that may ...

Global wildlife talks open Monday, with debates set to take on questions ranging from protection of sharks, a bid to allow ...

New species of finless eel discovered, Apterichtus kanniyakumari, off the coast of Tamil Nadu, revealing hidden biodiversity.

Delegates from 185 countries are set to haggle over new trade restrictions and bans for dozens of threatened animal and plant ...

No, they aren’t exactly frightening to behold, or ugly at all, but they aren’t charismatic (though some might think them scaly, slimy, or or just plain ...

Are those illegal eels in your unagi? A study has found 44% of North American eel samples – that's unagi when used in sushi – were actually from the critically endangered European eel, whose export ...