NEW YORK - A scientist who collected DNA from Scotland’s Loch Ness suggests the lake’s fabled monster might be a giant eel. Neil Gemmell from the University of Otago in New Zealand says the ...

Scotland’s fabled Loch Ness monster could possibly be a giant eel, scientists said on Thursday after an intensive analysis of traces of DNA in the Loch’s icy waters.

A new DNA-based study of Scotland's Loch Ness turned up no evidence of Nessie. But scientists did detect 3,000 species, including a slippery sea creature that could explain some sightings.

The hunt for the Loch Ness monster has become even more arduous Juvenile eels, known as elvers, arrive in Scottish rivers and lochs after migrating more than 3,000 miles from the Sargasso Sea.

WATCH: Loch Ness monster may just be a giant eel, scientists say – Sep 5, 2019 A scientist who collected DNA from Scotland’s Loch Ness suggests the lake’s fabled monster might be a giant eel.

Scientist says Loch Ness monster may be giant eel after water DNA test Neil Gemmell from the University of Otago in New Zealand says the project found a surprisingly high amount of eel DNA in the ...

The loch's depth (755 feet) and its murky waters (caused by a high peat content) have long encouraged monster proponents, who claim that Nessie could merely have hidden from searchers for almost a ...

There were reports of giant sea serpents in the 1850s, but the modern-day Loch Ness monster mystery started in 1933 with a story in the Inverness Courier about Aldie Mackay, the manager of a local ...

People have been looking for Nessie for almost 100 years. Humps have been seen moving across Loch Ness, and strange sounds heard from beneath the surface - but no actual monster. A four-day "quest ...

Tale of a giant creature lurking beneath the murky waves of Loch Ness in Scotland have been around for more than 1,500 years — fueled by occasional sightings of “Nessie”. But Gemmell said his study ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A scientist who collected DNA from Scotland's Loch Ness suggests the lake's fabled monster might be a giant eel. Neil Gemmell from the University of Otago in New Zealand says the ...