ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Eels Work Together as a Group to Hunt Small Fish Tetras

Electric eels were previously believed to be solitary creatures. Scientists, led by fish research associate C. David de Santa from Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History recently discovered a small, river-fed lake filled with over a hundred adult eels in the Brazilian Amazon basin.

Bacteria Hastens Ice Loss in Greenland

Research shows that an increase in bacteria growth hastens the melting of Greenland Ice Sheets that could cause a 20-foot increase in global sea-levels.

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