Sexually mature eels had never been seen by humans in the wild until 2022, despite thousands of years of attempts (Ancient ...

Every year, eels leave European rivers to travel in an epic migration to the Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic to breed for a single time, then die. Although this final destination has long been ...

Eels start their lives in the Sargasso Sea near the Caribbean and the European eel species travels across the Atlantic to freshwater habitats. Mr Wood counts the number of eels on the River Wensum ...

Every year, eels leave European rivers to travel in an epic migration to the Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic to breed for a single time, then die. Although this final destination has long been ...

Endangered European eels, which start their lives in the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda before heading to Europe and then ...

Biologists track the journey of the elusive American eel from the Sargasso Sea into Maryland's waterways, where dam removals and eel ladders are enabling these slimy fish to access their historic ...

They live in the pond across the street from my house, but guess where they—and every other American eel—were born? In a warm womb a few thousand miles away called the Sargasso Sea.

For a very long time, we had no idea how eels made other eels. We suspected European species all flocked to the Sargasso Sea around breeding season thanks to magnetic pulls, and that the event seemed ...