PLYMOUTH – Move over, herring; American eels are making a seasonal run as the wiggly darlings of local rivers and streams. The slippery and mysterious fish have been making their way up Town Brook ...

Unlike most eel species, which live in saltwater their entire lives, the American eel spends most of its life in freshwater before returning to the Sargasso Sea to spawn. It’s probably their final ...

Biologist Richard Malloy lifts the plastic cover to peer inside a trap — and smiles. Inside are more than a dozen squirming, writhing American eels, determined to make their way up the mighty ...

ROCKPORT — An Ipswich man correctly guessed how many baby eels swam up Mill Brook from the ocean and into Mill Pond, earning himself $850. Every year between April 1 and Columbus Day, volunteers open ...