The manta ray was euthanized while being held in captivity. It was supposed to be transported to SeaWorld Abu Dhabi but died ...

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

There’s a third species of manta ray gracefully gliding through the seas, a recent study has confirmed. Researchers have named the newly described species, found in the western Atlantic, Mobula ...

The newly identified Atlantic manta ray is officially a distinct species.

For years, scientists widely recognized only one species of manta ray: the giant oceanic manta ray. But in 2009, Marshall and other scientists described a second, the reef manta.

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 ...

Florida locals are calling out state authorities after a dolphin tours company stumbled upon a crew capturing an endangered giant manta ray.

An estimated 350,000 Americans participate in manta ray snorkeling or diving experiences annually, contributing approximately $50 million to coastal economies. Recent research documenting mantas’ ...

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.

ORLANDO, Fla. — 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.