For more than 15 years, scientists have gathered evidence of a third manta ray species hiding in plain sight. This ...

Infinitopes, a clinical-stage cancer vaccine biotechnology company, today announced the successful completion of the second close of its seed financing round, securing an additional $15.4 million and ...

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

A video recorded last summer off Panama City shows anglers pulling a massive manta ray onto their boat and placing it into a ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 juvenile manta ray named Ozzy was found dead near the Boynton Beach Inlet from a boat strike. Scientists are concerned that boat traffic in the narrow, fast-moving inlet may pose a threat to the ...

A giant manta ray was captured off Panama City Beach, sparking public outrage and national attention. The capture was permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for an aquarium ...

In “The Last Dive,” director Cody Sheehy follows Terry Kennedy, an ex-Hell’s Angel-turned manta ray conservationist, on a personal journey to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. After a stint in jail, Kennedy, a ...