The newly discovered Hades’ snake moray (Uropterygius hades) is right at home in muddy river mouths. This moray eel is dark brown and appears to be an expert burrower. Unlike other moray eels ...

For Chinese New Year, which falls on Jan 29 in 2025, many restaurants have rolled out elegant snake-shaped creations using vegetables and fruit. Others opt to showcase eels to symbolise the reptile.

Cirrhimuraena taiwanensis, a new species of eel discovered in Taiwan. Photo by Chien-Hsiang Lin and Hsin-Wei Liu from the Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica A snake eel with a fleshy ...