The EU has taken legal action against the UK, arguing that its ban on sand eel fishing in North Sea waters violates post-Brexit fishing agreements, Reuters reported. The case challenges UK ...

A slimy air-breathing eel that can live out of water for months at a time is slithering our way. Biologists fear the Asian swamp eel could wipe out countless small native Florida fish and ...

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From fruit to vegetables: Michael Faber’s The Broccoli Eel tells of a young boy who grows up in an abusive household. He recalls a scary story his mom used to tell him to about an eel living in ...

Mark constantly works out and cares about his appearance, so winning titles like People’s Sexiest Man Alive comes relatively quickly to him. Last year, he faced Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers ...

A puffin eats sand eels at England's Farne Islands National Nature Reserve. (Wildlife Terry via Flickr) THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — The European Union told an arbitration court on Tuesday the United ...

There would not be many New Zealand children who have not had a go at catching an eel with a hook and a bit of old meat. It was a favourite pastime in my family; catching an eel, cleaning it and ...

Look at the data, and it’s difficult to deny a larger truth: For all the challenges we face, there has been no better time to be alive. I’m a backpacker, and sometimes, on a steep slog uphill ...

A challenge to Britain's ban on commercial fishing for sand-eels in the North Sea has begun in a European court. Sand eels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline ...

From the goat people to Mark’s quest to find out if his wife, Gemma, is still alive, there’s a lot of ground to cover. Spoilers follow. Inside Lumon’s Severed Floor, Mark S (Adam Scott ...