Slippery slope: Cold winter affects NYC migration of this nearly see-through fish
Upstract [Unofficial]
May 10, 2026
Staten Island’s eel population is in a cold plunge. The year’s icier-than-normal winter has put a partial freeze on the city’s American eel migration, with nearly half of the wriggly and nearly-invisible critters making their annual pilgrimage from the ocean into Richmond Creek this season. Just…
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