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 ...

Off the coast of Texas, a coral reef houses a vibrant nursery ground where young manta rays grow up. A giant manta ray swims at Kingman Reef, in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Sanctuary.

(Go inside the underwater world of manta rays with a National Geographic photographer.) ... In 2018, the U.S. added the giant manta ray as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

New Manta Ray Species Discovered, Expert Says. What scientists call the manta ray is actually at least two distinct species with unique behaviors and lifestyles, a scientist announced recently.

Stewart, a marine biologist and National Geographic explorer, teamed up in 2016 with Crittercam pioneers Greg Marshall and Kyler Abernathy to study manta rays.Diving in the manta-rich waters off ...

Sharks and rays are often perceived as cold fish, but at least one species of manta ray has a surprisingly complex social life, a new study says.. A majestic species that can reach widths of 18 ...

Manta rays are now legally protected in Peru, and their image has gotten a boost too. Last year one of the country’s magazines made a manta ray its cover model.

Deciphering the unseen, underwater effects of the Gulf oil spill. The Gulf of Mexico's mysterious manta rays could face invisible and long-lasting threats from the BP oil spill, experts say. In ...

The pink manta has only been seen around 10 times, according to National Geographic. Kristian Laine/ Magnus News But scientists are still trying to investigate the strange creature and understand ...

From her base on Tofo Beach, Mozambique, this National Geographic emerging explorer and manta ray ambassador shares her preferred places to spot and dive with mantas—in, it turns out, some of ...

The idea of a shark with manta ray-like features might seem like something fit for a low-budget sci-fi movie. Yet paleontologists have reported discovering just such a creature in the Cretaceous ...