There’s a lot that makes the electric eel unique. And for centuries, scientists thought they all comprised a single species—Electrophorus electricus—occupying its own lonely branch on the ...

Lurking in the waters of the Amazon basin is a new species of electric eel that scientists say can generate a greater electrical discharge than any other known animal. The eel, Electrophorus ...

Electrophorus voltai, a newly discovered species of electric eel, pictured swimming in the Xingu River, a southern tributary of the Amazon. L. Sousa Electric eels are hard to miss. They’re eight ...

Electrophorus tree of life and time of species diversification. Time-calibrated genealogy of Electrophorus based on a maximum clade credibility (MCC) species tree derived from *BEAST2.4 analyses of 10 ...

The enormous 2.5 metre eel has been named the Electrophorus voltai after Alessandro Volta, the Italian physicist who invented the battery. The animal, a type of knifefish, can discharge an ...

The eight feet long Electrophorus voltai is the world's most powerful electric eel and is capable of generating 860 volts - enough to stun an adult human. The creatures use electricity to stun ...

Italian physicist Alessandro Volta posed for this painting with two of his inventions on the table, the voltaic pile (left) and the electrophorus (right). __1800: __Italian physicist Alessandro ...