Manta rays are intelligent, social and beautiful. Celebrate World Manta Day and learn how we can protect these gentle ocean ...

New sea animals are discovered every year, and 2025 is no different. Thanks to conservation biologist Andrea Marshall and her team, a new manta ray has been identified, joining just two other manta ...

This story was originally published in our SUMMER Digital issue, which you can view here. Under the ocean’s surface and ...

Just a handful of aquariums in the world display manta rays, and Florida is the only U.S. state that allows their harvest. A manta ray is shown in this file photo. The capture of a giant manta ray for ...

Earlier this summer, a viral video ignited a wave of outrage across Florida: Five men capture and hoist a live giant manta ray from the waters offshore Panama City Beach and onto their boat. Almost ...

Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru, in the Baa Atoll, celebrates 20 years of partnering with the Manta Trust ...

A bipartisan group of state and federal lawmakers is seeking sweeping new protections for threatened marine life following a viral video that showed a Florida company capturing a giant manta ray for ...

Manta rays are some of the coolest sea creatures. They belong to a group that includes over 600 species of rays — such as stingrays and sawfish — and are considered the largest fish in the sea. They ...

Denis Richard watched five men heave a giant manta ray from the waters off Panama City Beach and plop it into a pool on their boat deck. "Let him go," he yelled. "You ought to be ashamed of yourselves ...