An Electric Eel-ing

Shock the system! In a good way? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. All vertebrates use electricity to move our muscles. But fish and eels can actually emit that electricity! How? Enter Sarah LaPotin and team from the University of Texas, Austin. The electric impulse

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Deep Eels

Swarm of eels found in the abyssal deep sea.

Voyage to the bottom of the sea….literally!  This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The deep ocean is cold, dark — and the least explored place on Earth. Scientists have had a hard time figuring out what lives down there!  So Astrid Leitner from the University

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Deep Eels

Swarm of eels found in the abyssal deep sea.

Voyage to the bottom of the sea….literally!  This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. The deep ocean is cold, dark — and the least explored place on Earth. Scientists have had a hard time figuring out what lives down there!  So Astrid Leitner from the University

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Eel Team Six

Eel looking at the camera

Teamwork makes the dream work! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What’s your favorite team sport? Whatever it is, team sports involve not just great players, but great teamwork. Fish, on the other hand, are not known for their teamwork. No one’s heard of a

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