In a video capturing the birth, the baby manta, rolled up like a tube, came sliding out of the mother manta, then quickly spread its fins and began swimming around. The event marks the first birth of ...

There are over 600 species of rays, including stingrays, skates, manta rays, and sawfish, and they come in many sizes. Rays are cartilaginous fish belonging to the class Chondrichthyes, which also ...

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 ...

Crittercams are revealing new secrets of the depths—offering scientists insight into how rays, sharks, whales, and other marine animals behave when we’re not around. An oceanic manta ray outfitted ...

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 ...