A giant manta ray can span more than 7 meters from wingtip to wingtip and weigh over 1,300 kilograms. By size alone, it should be a threat. It isn’t. Instead of teeth, claws, or venom, the manta ray ...

This one‘s a juvenile female, according to the Marine Megafauna Foundation. New sea animals are discovered every year, and 2025 is no different. Thanks to conservation biologist Andrea Marshall and ...

Manta rays and stingrays are both flat, graceful sea creatures that glide through the ocean. At first glance, they may look similar, but they are pretty different. Manta rays are large, gentle giants ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. For more than four years, marine biologist Madalena Pereira Cabral has been dedicated to investigating and understanding the movements of giant ...

A massive, silent shadow passes over a diver exploring a coral reef 100 miles from land in the Gulf of Mexico. Phew! It’s not a shark, it’s a baby manta ray, frolicking in the diver’s air bubbles in ...

The unusually high number of young animals suggests there is a nursery ground in the densely populated region, surprising scientists. Researcher Christina Coppenrath takes photographs as she freedives ...

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 ...

A juvenile manta ray named Ozzy was found dead near the Boynton Beach Inlet from a boat strike. Scientists are concerned that boat traffic in the narrow, fast-moving inlet may pose a threat to the ...