Devil's Advocate: You don't have to be a diving demon to relish remarkable rays -- here's how. Courtesy of InterContinental Maldives Maamunagau Resort Forget Miami Beach and Mexico — if you want to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jared Ranahan is a reporter who covers travel and ecotourism. Jan 24, 2025, 11:02am EST Manta rays are filter feeders that possess ...

Researchers model the motions of groups of manta rays to study how group dynamics affect their propulsion, studying different formations of three manta rays: in tandem, in a triangular setup with one ...

Andrea Marshall has dedicated her life to studying manta rays, learning everything she possibly can about the graceful marine creatures. So, when she spotted an unusual-looking manta ray off the ...

A new species of Atlantic manta ray, named Mobula yarae, has been formally identified thanks to an international research collaboration. Using integrative taxonomy, which combines genetic analysis and ...

A giant manta ray was captured off Panama City Beach, Florida under a permit for international display at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi. While "threatened" under the ESA, not "endangered," the manta ray's ...

Florida’s wildlife agency has temporarily suspended licenses that allow aquariums to capture threatened sharks and rays as it weighs permanent changes to its rules, according to a letter made public ...

Improving our knowledge on the behavior of threatened species is essential for developing effective conservation actions. The Paranaguá Estuarine Complex (PEC), southern Brazil, is the only estuary in ...

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, ...