The invasive Asian swamp eel was patient in its ambush. It lay in wait, innocuous for 15 years, an air-breathing environmental timebomb, a brooding mucus covered virus in the freshwater veins of ...

Following the Clean, Drain, Dry process is strongly recommended to prevent human-assisted migration of Asian swamp eels and other invasive species. The Asian swamp eel is an air-breathing, mud-loving ...

Researchers from Florida International University sample for aquatic animals in the Florida Everglades, including the invasive Asian swamp eel. A new paper suggests these eels are devouring tiny fish ...

There’s another invader wreaking havoc on the Everglades ecosystem, and it’s a slimy fish with a voracious, indiscriminate appetite. Like so many other invasive species, such as iguanas and pythons, ...

The Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus) is an unusual freshwater fish with a snake-like body and no scales. Native to East and ...

They are a fish, but they don’t have fins and they breathe air. They are all born female. They’re about as long as a loaf of French bread. They hail from India, Pakistan and Myanmar, but according to ...

Catch and cook Asian swamp eel with this authentic Ilocano Adobong Kiwet recipe packed with bold flavors and local tradition.

Crayfish and amphibians are vanishing as a stealth invader spreads statewide, raising alarms about cascading losses across fragile wetland ecosystems.

Asian swamp eels are a concern primarily because they can arrive in waterways through everyday human behavior. While some local impacts are uncertain or limited, research suggests the potential for ...

For a crayfish in the Florida Everglades, its worst nightmare is three feet long, dark brown and pure muscle, with a mouth like a vacuum that sucks up nearly everything it can find — tiny fish, small ...