The giant manta ray is far more than a peaceful plankton eater. With wingspans reaching over 8 meters, it is the largest ray ...

A breathtaking underwater encounter captured the moment four manta rays appeared to perform a graceful dance as they circled ...

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 ...

Two years before its controversial videotaped capture of a giant manta ray last month, a Florida company seized two more of the rare creatures for SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, one of which died in captivity, ...

A giant manta ray was captured off Panama City Beach, Florida under a permit for international display at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi. While "threatened" under the ESA, not "endangered," the manta ray's ...

“I mean, he was in pain. That animal was in pain," a witness alleged of the aquatic animal A dolphin touring company in Florida witnessed an endangered giant manta ray being taken from its natural ...

Indonesia on Friday became home to the world’s biggest manta ray sanctuary covering millions of square kilometres, as it seeks to protect the huge winged fish and draw more tourists to the sprawling ...

Dustin Heath was on the 91st Street Fishing Pier around 1 p.m. Monday when he noticed a dark, flat creature gliding near the surface. "It seemed to be a juvenile, and I'd estimate it at around 6-8 ...

More than 300 miles off Mexico’s Pacific coast, a giant oceanic manta ray—its wingspan stretching around 15 feet across—glides past Madalena Cabral. She stays calm, and waits for the animal to see her ...