Most species of manta and devil rays (genus Mobula) are endangered, yet industrial purse seine fishing vessels unintentionally catch about 13,000 each year while hunting tuna, according to one ...

Science | October 2022. Why Conservationists Are Hopeful About the Manta Ray’s Future. The giant fish faces threats from poachers, boat strikes and climate change ...

Right behind these giants ranks the reef manta ray, which can reach up to 18 feet wide. ... Due to their eating behavior and lack of stingers, they pose little threat to humans.

Manta ray courtship off Florida's east coast documented in novel study that could help conservation ... are no threat to humans. They do not have barbed tails like stingrays. ...

They’re protected but still face threats like accidental entanglement, boat strikes and pollution. Each manta ray has a set of spots unique to them like fingerprints, which make them easy to track.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Many on Oahu’s North Shore are mourning the loss of a young manta ray known as “Blushing.” The manta ray apparently tangled itself in a boat’s anchor line in Waimea B… ...

Her own euphoric manta encounter in 2008 propelled her to change careers and pursue marine science. For more than a decade now, Asia has been an integral part of Project Manta – a team investigating ...