After hours of searching open water without finding the migrating giants they needed, several enormous manta rays suddenly ...

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 in ...

This captain thought he'd seen it all over the last 17 years, until this gentle ocean giant left him speechless.

It was just two years ago that a tiny robotic manta ray became the world's fastest-swimming soft-bodied robot. Well, one of its descendants has now smashed that record – and it uses less energy than ...

Imagery released today by Northrop Grumman provides a close up view of one of the two rear propellers of the Manta Ray UUV (uncrewed underwater vehicle). Just a few hours after a new 360° video of the ...

KONA (HawaiiNewsNow) - World Manta Day is on Sept. 17, a time to raise awareness about manta rays and their important role in the marine ecosystem. This Saturday, Sept. 14 from noon to 7 p.m., the ...

From bird flocking to fish schooling, many biological systems exhibit some type of collective motion, often to improve performance and conserve energy. Compared to other swimmers, manta rays are ...

Taurus isn’t just a zodiac sign – it’s also the moniker of a rare manta ray who is celebrating more than forty years on the Great Barrier Reef! One of Australia's most remarkable natural gifts, the ...

A massive manta ray has been filmed repeatedly seeking help from divers, in a remarkable encounter off the coast of Australia. Footage shows Freckles the ray approaching the divers, off the Ningaloo ...

Located in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Texas at NOAA's Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, the juvenile manta ray habitat is the first of its kind to be described in a scientific ...