Good Things: Glass Eels in Staten Island

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Each spring millions of tiny glass eels enter New York City’s waterways. These juvenile American eels migrate here from somewhere in the Sargasso Sea. And it’s the job of this Staten Island science class to help count them.

A glass eel (bottom) and an elver (next developmental stage) caught in Richmond Creek in Staten Island.
(Amy Pearl/WNYC)

 

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