Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Invasive Asian swamp eels are slithering into the canals of South Florida – and the University of Florida wants the public's help ...

Research led by Hiromi Shiraishi, a researcher at Chuo University, indicated a steep rise in the importation of American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) live fry to East Asia for aquaculture purposes. This ...

Once these eels are in a region, spread can easily happen in multiple types of waterways, especially canals and connected wetlands. Humans can also assist their spread by transporting live animals, ...

Invasive Asian swamp eels are well-suited to South Florida's wetlands and waterways. The eels were recently linked to the devastation of amphibian populations in Florida. "Anyone who spots an eel-like ...

Figure 1. (Top) Imports of live eel fry into East Asia from the other regions based on East Asian Customs data, 2004-2022. (Bottom) Imports of live eel fry into East Asia from the Americas based on ...

The Asian swamp eel is an air-breathing, mud-loving predator spreading throughout the United States. These slithering threats are hard to detect and built to survive conditions that affect native fish ...