Rare 3-Foot Eel Turns Up in Mississippi River After 2,000-Mile Journey

Researchers searching the Mississippi River for blue suckers recently found something far more unusual: a 37-inch American eel that may have traveled more than 2,000 miles to reach Missouri. A crew from the Illinois River Biological Station was conducting an electrofishing survey near a wing dam in Pool 22, close to Hannibal, Missouri. The work …