Denis Richard watched five men heave a giant manta ray from the waters off Panama City Beach and plop it into a pool on their boat deck. “Let him go,” he yelled. “You ought to be ashamed of yourselves ...

Two years before its controversial videotaped capture of a giant manta ray last month, a Florida company seized two more of the rare creatures for SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, one of which died in captivity, ...

ATLANTA AP – The creatures just keep getting larger at the world’s biggest fish tank. The Georgia Aquarium is now home to the only manta ray on exhibit in the United States. The ray, named “Nandi” ...

TOKYO -- What is believed to be the first giant manta ray born in captivity has arrived at a southern Japanese aquarium, the facility said Sunday. The baby manta, a female, was born late Saturday in a ...

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University created a robot inspired by the manta ray, as reported by TechCrunch. A Manta ray swims in a pool of the Grand Aquarium in Saint-Malo, ...

TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - A Japanese aquarium is celebrating a special new arrival this week - a giant manta ray keepers say is the world's first ever born in captivity. Video footage shows the 1.9 ...