Two years before itscontroversial videotaped capture of a giant manta ray last month, a Florida company seized two more of ...

Richard believes the manta ray was being acquired for the commercial aquarium trade and is now concerned about the animals' welfare following the stressful event.

Those are a few details that have come to light from the first birth of a manta ray in captivity, on June 16 at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan.

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.

“Tallulah, our largest manta ray, has got to be the leader of the pack,” Kappel said of the aquarium’s resident manta ray, who has a 16-foot wingspan. For snow, Kappel uses bubbles.

Usually when scientists announce the discovery of a new species, it's some brown frog; a gnarly spider in a rainforest you'll ...

A juvenile manta ray is captured from above off the coast of Southeast Florida. The giant manta ray was added to the Endangered Species Act in 2018 as a threatened species.

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 -- 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 ...

The newly described Mobula yarae joins a vulnerable group of rays facing threats like bycatch, boat strikes, and habitat loss ...