A video is blowing up on social media of an protected giant manta ray being taken from the waters off the Florida Panhandle ...

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 ...

Manta rays (also known as devil rays; genus Mobula) and their flattened relatives of the family Myliobatidae all sport large pectoral fins that have been modified for soaring underwater.

Not to be confused with stingrays, manta rays bring more than 10,000 visitors to Hawaii, and tourism provides more than $4 million per year to Hawaii’s economy, according to a 2010 study.

The Maldives is the best place in the world to see these gentle giants in the wild — with a population of 6,000 ocean and reef manta rays. In fact, manta tourism alone contributes $8.1 million ...

When asked if Manta Rays are dangerous Pate replied, "No! Manta Rays cannot hurt you, they have no stinging barb, they are very gentle giants."And they play a giant role in the ecosystem of the ocean.

This is the first time scientists have used contactless scanners to obtain images of a wild pregnant manta ray. (Read how manta rays form friendships.) In all, Froman describes 81 scans of 55 ...

Manta ray courtship off Florida's east coast documented in novel study that could help conservation The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's fisheries division is trying to get a ...

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 ...