Collaborative research on giant oceanic manta rays off the Ecuadorian coast has definitively identified more individuals than any other location in the world, with over 2,800 mantas identified during ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. (WFLA) — Local drone operator John Yanchoris captured a rare sight Saturday evening: a huge manta ray swimming underneath a paddleboarder. John said a marine biologist helped him ...

A paddleboarder near Honeymoon Island, Florida, had a rare and thrilling encounter with a giant manta ray. The video shows the manta ray gliding beneath the paddleboard, with the paddleboarder ...

Divers at Plaza Beach and Dive Resort and Toucan Diving of the island of Bonaire helped the Oceanic Manta, the largest type of ray in the world, get rid of the fishing line. Kelli Bender is the Pets ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The giant manta ray is largest ray in the world -- and one of them was spotted just 50 feet away from the shores of St. Petersburg. Michael McCarty, with the See Through Canoe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tittering from local anglers is what first attracted scientists to a potential lover’s lane for manta rays off Florida’s east ...

A new species of Atlantic manta ray, named Mobula yarae, has been formally identified thanks to an international research collaboration. Using integrative taxonomy, which combines genetic analysis and ...

Tittering from local anglers is what first attracted scientists to a potential lover’s lane for manta rays off Florida’s east coast. The fishermen may not have known exactly why the graceful megafauna ...