The world's top wildlife trade body rejected new protections for eels on Thursday in a secret ballot at talks in Uzbekistan.

These mysterious creatures undertake extraordinary journeys—a metamorphosis and migration so dramatic it rivals any in nature ...

An international conference on trade in endangered species held a vote Thursday on the protection of all types of eel.

An international conference on trade in endangered species is set to vote Thursday on the protection of all types of eels.

Japan will oppose a proposal by the European Union and other countries to regulate trade in all eel species, including the ...

Common ancestor eels lost the aquaporin gene encoding proteins with broad solute permeability. Researchers from the Institute ...

The European eel is a mysterious fish. They live for years without any reproductive organs, which made people very confused ...

DNA testing has confirmed widespread – and probably illegal – international trading of critically endangered European eels. A research team led by the University of Exeter carried out “DNA barcoding” ...

The EU fisheries ministers have for the first time agreed for a temporary closure of 3 months in 2018 for the European eel fisheries in all EU waters, including the Baltic Sea. While WWF regards this ...

image: European eels spawn in the subtropical Sargasso Sea but spend most of their adult life in a range of fresh- and brackish waters, across Europe and Northern Africa. Using whole-genome analysis, ...

The future of the European eel looks brighter after government representatives attending an international wildlife meeting accepted an EU proposal that strictly regulates trade in the fish species.

Cambridge, UK, 15th November 2019—TRAFFIC is warning of a surge in international glass eel smuggling cases as the new fishing season gets underway across Europe, and urges enforcement authorities to ...