This 2-ton ocean giant survives on tiny plankton despite reaching widths of over 7 meters across. Giant manta rays glide ...

In the wake of the uproar over the state allowing a black bear hunt this December, the fate of another creature now is inflaming environmental advocates and even some legislators. A bipartisan group ...

An extraordinary bond between an aging Navy veteran and a wild manta ray is at the heart of “The Last Dive,” an award-winning documentary from filmmaker Cody Sheehy that will screen this month at San ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A spectacular underwater encounter was captured in Hanifaru Bay, where a diver swam closely alongside a gathering of giant manta ...

(WSVN) - FORT MYERS, Fla. (WSVN) — A controversial video that went viral in 2025 sparked a contentious debate during a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting and led to a major ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock For years, researchers thought reef manta rays in Papua New Guinea avoided rough monsoon conditions by ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Plucked from Florida waters and sent to Sea World on the other side of the world. That’s what happened to a threatened giant manta ray, and it was legal. Now there’s a bill in the ...

Giant manta ray captures restricted, ban on international exports after viral video outcry Florida wildlife commissioners voted Wednesday to dramatically restrict the capture of giant manta rays and ...

Wildlife officials in Florida will continue to allow threatened giant manta rays to be taken from the ocean, but have tightened their policies after a viral video showed a captured ray in severe ...

The Atlantic manta ray, long thought to be part of a wider species of elusive giant rays but reclassified just this summer as one that nurses its pups off Florida’s coast, holds another secret: its ...

Earlier this week, a giant manta ray made a rare appearance just off a Galveston fishing pier. Now, experts think they know what brought one of the Gulf's largest animals so close to shore. The ...

The Atlantic manta ray, long thought to be part of a wider species of elusive giant rays but reclassified just this summer as one that nurses its pups off Florida’s coast, holds another secret: its ...