Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Fish are ...

Snowflake moray eel bodies are distinctive, with black and yellow blotchy markings that resemble snowflakes on a yellow-white background. Their appearance suggests they would be comfortable in cold ...

A snowflake moray eel peers out from its hiding spot. Bernard Spragg via Flickr under CC0 1.0 Researchers studying moray eels have discovered that these serpentine fishes have a freaky second set of ...

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A new study published in early June by the Mehta Lab, a part of the University of California, Santa Cruz, found that snowflake moray can swallow prey on land. While most fish require water to feed, ...

While most fish need water to feed, the unique anatomy of moray eels gives snowflake morays the ability to grab and swallow prey on land Most fish rely on water to feed, using suction to capture their ...

COURTESY SUSAN SCOTT The snowflake moray eel morphs from female to male is it ages. » Moray eels usually swallow fish or crabs whole, but when a captured prey is too big, morays tie themselves in ...

Three young eels — a magnificent snake eel, left, Steindachner’s moray and snowflake moray — are seen on the ocean floor. Snowflake morays are also special in that they are among the few morays that ...