Some USF faculty and students are divided on whether the protection act is a scientific necessity or simply an emotional response to a circulating video.

New findings reveal how South Florida’s waters are nursery grounds for the mysterious giant rays, and how mantas function as ...

From Thailand to Mexico, these five well-off-the-beaten-path waypoints are sure to excite cruisers of all stripes. The post ...

A new study from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and the Marine Megafauna Foundation finds that young Caribbean manta rays (Mobula yarae) often swim ...

Manta rays are large rays belonging to the genus Manta, with larger Manta rays ranging from 23 ft in width to the smaller one reaching 18 ft . Both have triangular pectoral fins, hornshaped cephalic ...

Photographer Josh Cogan captures the quiet power of Hawaii’s ocean life, revealing how resilience shows itself in nature—and in us. A manta ray glides silently through the glowing waters off Hawaii’s ...

Giant oceanic manta ray (Mobula birostris) and scuba diver in San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedo, Mexico. (Photo by: Luis Javier Sandoval/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The first ...

The vessel rolled in the swell as fishers pulled huge nets bursting with tuna onto the deck then poured the catch down a loading hatch. But Melissa Cronin wasn’t there for the tuna. She was looking ...

Scientists have found that oceanic manta rays routinely make extreme dives of more than 1,200 meters – three-quarters of a mile – but it's not to feed, nor is it happening everywhere in deep water.

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

A group that studies manta rays in Florida has shared disturbing footage of a high-speed vessel plowing over a large manta as it cruised near the surface beyond an inlet. “I was filming a manta ...