The Mystery of Eels

NATURE brings the beauty and wonder of the natural world into your home, becoming in the process the benchmark for natural history programs.

The Mystery of Eels

Season 31 Episode 10 | 52m 59s | CC

Eels can be found all over the globe, in fresh and salt water ecosystems alike. But today, risk of over-fishing and the presence of dams and other obstacles that prevent eels from reaching their oceanic spawning grounds pose new threats to an animal that once roamed the planet alongside the dinosaurs. Artist, writer, and naturalist James Prosek explores the mysterious world of the eel.

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