Two years before its controversial videotaped capture of a giant manta ray last month, a Florida company seized two more of ...

Now, it’s official: Marshall and her colleagues have identified a new species called Mobula yarae, or the Atlantic manta ray.

The newly described Mobula yarae joins a vulnerable group of rays facing threats like bycatch, boat strikes, and habitat loss ...

Scientists identify a new sea creature named Mobula yarae. It's an enormous new species of Atlantic manta ray measuring up to ...

A new species of Atlantic manta ray, named Mobula yarae, has been formally identified thanks to an international research ...

Each manta ray has a set of spots unique to them like fingerprints, which make them easy to track. More than 350 manta rays have been documented in Kona -- some over 40 years.

Manta rays are expert filter feeders. Scientists develop groundbreaking device inspired by manta rays — here's how it could solve pressing issue in our waters first appeared on The Cool Down.

Although one Manta Ray is currently complete, there is no telling when the first tests with it will be conducted - word has it we may see one as soon as this year, coming from Northrop Grumman.

Benchley later had the opportunity to also ride the manta's back. I've never had such a memorable experience with a manta ray, but I saw one while snorkeling in the Caribbean a couple of years ago.

Manta rays weren't listed as federally threatened until 2018, which may be one reason for a lack of research, Horn said. Marshall, Pate's co-author, was the first person to earn a Ph.D. studying ...

There’s a third species of manta ray gracefully gliding through the seas, a recent study has confirmed. Researchers have named the newly described species, found in the western Atlantic, Mobula yarae ...

The Manta Ray mascot doesn’t have a name — yet. The school is asking for community input, again. You can submit your name idea for the Manta Ray mascot here.