Over the past month, scientists working with the Micronesian Conservation Coalition have been growing concerned over the increased disruption and impacts to the local manta ray natural habitats.

An urgent exploratory study is underway after the discovery of an unknown manta ray habitat off the northern tip of UNESCO World Heritage-listed K'gari, the world's largest sand island. University of ...

Tittering from local anglers is what first attracted scientists to a potential lover’s lane for manta rays off Florida’s east coast. The fishermen may not have known exactly why the graceful megafauna ...

A bipartisan group of state and federal lawmakers is seeking sweeping new protections for threatened marine life following a viral video that showed a Florida company capturing a giant manta ray for ...

Most species of manta and devil rays (genus Mobula) are endangered, yet industrial purse seine fishing vessels unintentionally catch about 13,000 each year while hunting tuna, according to one ...

“I mean, he was in pain. That animal was in pain," a witness alleged of the aquatic animal A dolphin touring company in Florida witnessed an endangered giant manta ray being taken from its natural ...

The state of Florida is teeming with life year round. From snow birds to actual birds, plentiful marine and terrestrial life and a variety of habitats, there isn’t much to love of the sunshine state!

A nursery for giant oceanic manta rays — a furtive relative of the more flamboyant shark — has been discovered in the saltwater border of Palm Beach County in a study scientists say is a first step to ...

Edy Setyawan received funding from the Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) New Zealand, and the WWF Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN).

Edy Setyawan has received funding from the Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) New Zealand, and the WWF Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN), ...

The first data collected on the diving behavior of reef manta rays in New Caledonia considerably extend the known depth range for this vulnerable species in decline, according to a new study. The ...

As Beth Faulkner bobbed up and down in the Maldives’ Hanifaru Bay, she did some quick mental math. “There’s probably about 100,” she said in reference to the number of reef manta rays swimming just ...