The rainbow snake (Farancia erytrogramma) — sometimes called an eel moccasin or red-lined snake — is a nonvenomous snake. It has vibrant coloration and a specialized diet.

American eels are one prey species of the southern banded water snake. The only species of freshwater eel found in North America, American eels have a complex life cycle, primarily living in ...

Despite intensive research, much about the American eel’s lifecycle remains unknown. What we do know is that these eels spend ...

In search of nursery habitats, they ascend our freshwater rivers. They grow, from transparent glass eels, to nightcrawler-sized elvers, to 3-foot cream-bellied monsters plump as a man’s wrist.

As young eels attain pigment and begin the journey into freshwater, they are called elvers." Big dams can block a young eel's journey up river. It's unclear how the Bowlings' possible record ...

Eels resemble long, scaleless snakes. Strike 1. Eels are covered with a thick coat of mucous-like slime. ... Male eels remain in brackish or fresh water near river mouths.

It’s easy to see why harmless snake eels, such as this one, are mistaken for sea snakes. All eels are fish. Old age for the American eel’s life is far from laid-back. When its biological clock ...

A prime source of food for animals like striped bass, bluefish and cormorants, the snake-like eels spend a good portion of their life cycles in freshwater habitats, like the Byram River.

The rainbow snake (Farancia erytrogramma) — sometimes called an eel moccasin or red-lined snake — is a nonvenomous snake. It has vibrant coloration and a specialized diet. Humans rarely see ...