The electric eel is the closest thing nature’s got to a living, breathing battery. Running up to eight feet in length, these serpentine swimmers (which actually aren’t true eels, but a type of ...

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 feet ...

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 voltai, ...

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Scientists have identified two new species of electric eel and one of them is the most powerful yet. Electrophorus Voltai lives in the Amazon rainforest and can produce up to 860 volts of electricity.

Discover the electric eel species! New findings reveal Electrophorus voltai, the strongest living bioelectricity generator, and its potential. In the murky freshwater rivers and streams that snake ...