Manta and devil rays (mobulids) are filter feeding elasmobranchs with extreme K-selective life histories found circumglobally from temperate to tropical waters. Their vulnerability to fisheries ...

It is also, apparently, the first comprehensive field guide on manta and devil rays. Everything about this book is well designed ... Divers, marine biologists, fisheries observers, fish specialists, ...

THOOTHUKUDI: Forest officials booked fishermen who caught a giant manta ray fish and sold it for Rs 56,000, as the species is protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

“We have been researching the manta ray population since 2021. They are really intelligent; they have the largest brain of any fish and can be really interactive.” Department of Conservation ...

Popular SCUBA diving locations around the Nusa Penida MPA with infrequent manta ray sightings are also marked as described in the legend. Sites marked as “other” are ‘Pontoon,’ ‘Toyapakeh,’ ‘Sekolah ...

By Jack Tamisiea With hornlike facial fins and diamond-shape bodies that can stretch nearly 30 feet across, manta rays are among the strangest fish in the sea. Yet these behemoths’ most puzzling ...

The North Coast is an important migration corridor for the endangered giant oceanic manta ray, with Ballito being an important sighting point. Marine researchers are calling for the establishment ...

Credit: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons A team of marine biologists in Tenerife, Canary Islands, have caught on video a rare black devil fish for the first time in daylight, on the ocean surface, ...

Abstract: Manta ray-inspired robots exhibit broad application prospects. In nature, different manta rays possess different stiffness of pectoral fins to survive in specific environment. Some rays ...