BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – In July, we told you about a giant manta ray caught off Panama City Beach. The manta ray was sent to Sea World Abu Dhabi after the FWC issued a permit for its capture. Two ...

Researchers from both the University of California, San Diego and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) stepped forward this week with some exciting news: they’ve discovered the first ...

Thousands of at-risk manta and devil rays become accidental bycatch in tuna fishing nets every year. A simple sorting grid could help save them.

In a new study documented in Conservation Biology, scientists documented a contemporary tool they designed to save the ...

Last week a fisherman in northwestern Peru caught an enormous manta ray, and photos of the dead, bloody animal have angered conservationists around the world. The fishermen accidentally caught the ...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- They’re known as one of the giants of the ocean. Manta rays can reach 28 feet across and one, a younger smaller one, was spotted off Pinellas County. “Manta Ray sightings are rare ...

Marine biologist Josh Stewart was floating underwater, looking up at the manta ray that materialized out of the blue above him, when he did a double take: The animal was a juvenile, only a few feet ...

Source: Ken FUNAKOSHI, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 2.0 license. New research documents manta rays moving their cephalic lobes — the modified fins on either side of their mouths ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - A single mother of four is paying it forward after strangers showered her and her son with stuffed animal gifts. It all started when Tiffany Holloway posted a photo of a hand sewn ...

In July, we told you about a giant manta ray caught off Panama City Beach. The manta ray was sent to Sea World Abu Dhabi after the FWC issued a permit for its capture. For more News, Weather, and ...