Elusive eels may use ultra-black pigmentation alongside bioluminescence to pounce upon and engulf unwitting prey. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

But the seal’s calm demeanor is surprising. Why? Well, there’s a long, black-and-white eel dangling from its right nostril. “It’s just so shocking,” Claire Simeone, a veterinarian and ...

Occurred on January 5, 2018 / Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Info from Licensor: "This is a black garden eel. Compared to the white spotted garden eel, the black garden eel is rarely seen. They are seen ...

A white mutant tiger snake eel is seen at Kyoto University's Shirahama Aquarium in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama on June 21, 2023. (Mainichi/Yukihiro Takeuchi) SHIRAHAMA, Wakayama ...

(Mainichi/Ryoma Hara) The banana eel is about 45 centimeters long and is characterized by its patchy yellow and black pattern. It has been on display at the aquarium since Aug. 29 and is so ...

The Hades’ snake moray (Uropterygius hades), a dark brown, slender snake moray eel, has chosen the road less traveled, thriving in dim and muddy river mouths, unlike most of its marine moray eel ...