Ireland has already lost many species, especially as a result of rapid deforestation in the 1600 and 1700s, and persecution ...

Sowards said one rare species that could be encountered by the average angler is the American eel. These fish, which spawn in ...

By Shanna Hanbury The critically endangered European eel population is facing collapse in Spain’s Ebro Delta, where populations have plummeted by more than 80% in recent years, according to a new ...

Sowards said one rare species that could be encountered by the average angler is the American eel. These fish, which spawn in the Sargasso Sea and travel across great distances, are occasionally ...

Work to protect the habitat of rare dragonfly and damselfly species has been carried out at a historic castle by the National Trust for Scotland. The conservation charity has completed important ...

and watching the tank the approximately 20 eels can be seen jabbing at each other. The species gives birth thousands of miles from the shore, laying as many as 3 million eggs in the Sargasso Sea ...

People say Irish food culture is so young,” JP McMahon says, as I study the printed map of Ireland with which each guest ...

Juvenile eels, known as elvers, arrive in Scottish rivers and lochs after migrating more than 3,100 miles (5,000 km) from the Sargasso Sea near the Bahamas, where the animals spawn and lay eggs. "Well ...

Adult eels also prefer to live in fresh water and river areas. When they get mature eels, they return to the Sargasso Sea and die in spawn. The life span of an American eel is around five years, but ...