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 ...

In a rare piece of good news in the marine world, scientists have found one place where reef manta rays are thriving In a rare piece of good news in the marine world, scientists have found one place ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Manta ray populations are thriving in Indonesia’s Raja Ampat archipelago, a new population assessment shows, highlighting the importance of marine ...

The whooshing noise from the helicopter almost drowned out the thoughts Janneman Conradie, Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF) pilot and field researcher, had as he looked down the lens of his camera ...

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 pair of marine biologists at Harvard University has found that one of the main purposes of the cownose ray's tail is to serve as a fine-tuned antenna. In their study published in the Proceedings of ...

Edy Setyawan has received funding from the Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship - Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) New Zealand, and the WWF Russell E. Train Education for Nature Program (EFN), ...

Incredible video captured the moment a huge manta ray swam under—and splashed—a paddleboarder over the weekend in the waters off of Honeymoon Island State Park. Local drone operator John Yanchoris ...

It turns out reef manta rays are even more vulnerable than we thought—but scientists say we’re now in a better position to save them. Reef manta rays (pictured, an animal in Hawaii) are considered ...

Over a decade, manta ray populations increased significantly in Raja Ampat archipelago in Indonesia, highlighting the importance of long-term conservation and management measures such as well-enforced ...

At a time when marine life is disappearing from the world's oceans, researchers are celebrating the discovery of a new species of coral reef fish in the southern waters of the Great Barrier Reef. To ...