A new species of Atlantic manta ray, named Mobula yarae, has been formally identified thanks to an international research collaboration. Using integrative taxonomy, which combines genetic analysis and ...

In the open ocean, a manta ray's path can seem deliberate, until, without warning, it slips beneath the surface and vanishes into the blue. Hours or days later, it reappears far from where it began.

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 ...