Alarm bells are ringing for the fate of all manta and mobula ray species because of increased demand for their fins and gill rakers—the apparatus by which they filter their food. Gill rakers are ...

BLUE Planet is back – after film crews spent four years scouring the seas for a fresh cast of mysterious and beautiful, aquatic animals. Here’s your guide to some of the astonishing creatures featured ...

Palestinian fishermen found an unsettling number of dead and bloody Mobula Ray fish washed up on the shores of Gaza City’s beach on Thursday, according to the U.K. based Daily Mail. A local video ...

Underwater photographers and free divers rescued a ray tangled in fishing rope – while being circled by sharks. The mobula ray was trapped 18m below the surface, completely wrapped in rope from a ...

They are known as the ocean's gentle giants, but an alarming rise in manta and mobula ray hunting could threaten the very existence of the species. From India to Ecuador, manta and mobula fishing has ...

I was mostly lurking behind the group of marine biologists, young researchers, and local parabiologists scouting the dirt-ridden streets of Chattogram just opposite to the under-construction fisheries ...

From both above and below the water, the spies capture the phenomenon of Mobula rays “vortex feeding.” Spy Mobula ray and spy pelican got up close to the event in the seas of Baja California. ‘Spy in ...

Lurking off Mexico's eastern shore in the Sea of Cortez, these flap-jack-like creatures burst out of the water with graceful precision. Soaring as high as two metres above the plankton-rich green ...

Incredible images show a fever of thousands of Mobula rays -- also called devil rays -- swimming in near-perfect formation just off the Mexican shore. The images were taken by ocean photographer Nadia ...

Engineers fabricated a simple water filter modeled after the mobula ray’s plankton-filtering features. Pictured are pieces of the filter. Filter feeders are everywhere in the animal world, from tiny ...