Origins: On 6 July 2007, the web site Fark held a contest in which users were asked to "Photoshop this baby undulate ray," with "this" referring to the following photograph: Although the Fark ...

Joshua Reece became interested in moray eels in 2005 when he was applying to the PhD program at the University of Hawai'i. Instead of taking him on a campus tour, his host, Brian Bowen, PhD, a ...

Moray eels, the slender fish that inspired the movie "Alien," are turning out to be odder than what's on the surface. New research suggests the 150-plus eel species feed on the same fish and have ...

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The undulated moray sports a pattern of light undulating lines and speckles on a dark green background, with a snout that is often yellow. The slender fish can reach between 3 to 5 feet in length.