Here’s what to do if you get a moray eel bite. Learn how to recognize the symptoms, the likely causes of a bite, and treatments.

Just like HR Giger’s Alien, moray eels use a second set of ballistic jaws to grab prey. The jaws are housed in its throat and can be launched forwards to snag animals that the moray has already ...

iStock. The largest species is the appropriately-named giant moray (Gymnothorax javanicus).So far, the most sizable individuals on record were around 8 feet in length and weighed 66 pounds—but ...

But Dr. Mehta and her colleagues cite a study from 1979 that suggests a moray’s outermost layer of skin contains certain mucus glands that may make these eels more resilient to time spent on land.

The giant moray eel can grow to three metres in length and bites its prey with two sets of jaws—the obvious ones and a second set in its throat that can be launched forward like Hollywood’s Alien.

Genetic variations among moray eels don't show any geographic patterning, apparently because a long-lived larval form called a leptocephalus maintains gene flow among populations. With geographic ...

According to a new study, however, moray eels are unique in not doing so, allowing them to feed while out of the water … with some help from a second set of jaws in their throat. SUBSCRIBE LOG IN ...