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Lorena Elser has a rule when she leads kids in hands-on shark dissection at Sea Camp at Texas A&M University at Galveston. “We don’t say any words like, ‘eww,’ ‘gross,’ or ‘disgusting’,” she tells ...

X-ray videos showed that some young Japanese eels demonstrated that they were not content to become a predator’s meal. By Annie Roth For most animals, ending up in a predator’s stomach means all is ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Some teenage Japanese eels have found a way to avoid becoming a fish ...

Japanese eels use burrowing and swimming motions to move around the seafloor—and to escape from inside the stomach of a predator. Tommy Hui via iNaturalist under CC BY-NC 4.0 Prey animals have evolved ...