Researchers from both the University of California, San Diego and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stepped forward this week with some exciting news: they’ve discovered the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – In July, we told you about a giant manta ray caught off Panama City Beach. The manta ray was sent to Sea ...

A Mobula yarae, or Atlantic manta ray, with more vivid colors. For more than 15 years, Marine Megafauna Foundation co-founder Dr. Andrea Marshall suspected that one of the animals she was seeing in ...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- They’re known as one of the giants of the ocean. Manta rays can reach 28 feet across and one, a younger smaller one, was spotted off Pinellas County. “Manta Ray sightings are rare ...

KONA (HawaiiNewsNow) - World Manta Day is on Sept. 17, a time to raise awareness about manta rays and their important role in the marine ecosystem. This Saturday, Sept. 14 from noon to 7 p.m., the ...

Source: Ken FUNAKOSHI, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license. New research documents manta rays moving their cephalic lobes — the modified fins on either side of their mouths ...

Source: Ken FUNAKOSHI, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license. New research documents manta rays moving their cephalic lobes—the modified fins on either side of their ...

A manta ray nicknamed ''Freckles'' by locals in Australia figured out a way to get help when she got injured: approach some divers. Jack Whilton, an underwater photographer and guide, was diving with ...