PLYMOUTH – Move over, herring; American eels are making a seasonal run as the wiggly darlings of local rivers and streams. The slippery and mysterious fish have been making their way up Town Brook ...
Scientists in Japan who noticed a drastic shift in glass eel migration patterns sounded the alarm on an underlying issue. As reported by The Japan Times earlier this month, researchers from the Japan ...
NEW BALTIMORE — What’s transparent, a couple of inches long and can scale a 100-foot structure? Why, a glass eel, of course. The state Department of Environmental Conservation is trying to estimate ...
On a misty-gray afternoon in May, four people wade into the Hudson River. They have come to check a large fyke net that catches small creatures. It looks like an open tent with a big tunnel attached ...
Eighth-graders on Staten Island spent their free time this past spring counting — thousands of eels! Dozens of nature-minded middle-schoolers waded into Richmond Creek with nets in hand to scoop out ...
The Sarah Lawrence Center for Urban River at Beczak in Yonkers is looking for volunteers to once again track the migration of glass eels swimming through the Hudson River. From now until May, ...
When Lee Baumgartner talks about eels, his enthusiasm is palpable. But his tale of these slippery creatures quickly turns dark — a story of global trafficking, ecological collapse, and a little-known ...
Fall’s cooling temperatures signal many changes. Among the least visible, but most incredible, is the migration of the American eel. Somewhere right now, at the bottom of a lake, pond, or river, an ...
Few animals have sparked humanity’s curiosity as much as the eel (Anguilla anguilla). Until a recent past, this slimy, slippery, snake-shaped, incredibly agile fish inhabited virtually every body of ...