“Thousands of new species are found each year.” But few discoveries have so wonderfully illustrated the power of modern science as the recent finding of Mobula yarae, an enigmatic giant soaring across ...

The giant manta ray is one of the ocean's most mysterious giants, growing wingspans of over 8 meters while moving with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

This captain thought he'd seen it all over the last 17 years, until this gentle ocean giant left him speechless.

Earlier this summer, a viral video ignited a wave of outrage across Florida: Five men capture and hoist a live giant manta ray from the waters offshore Panama City Beach and onto their boat. Almost ...

A photographer taking pictures along a Florida beach captured more than a postcard image when he snapped a giant manta ray leaping from the waves in the background of a man surfing. Rusty Escandell, ...

Giant manta rays (Mobula birostris) are some of the most iconic fish in the ocean. Their pectoral fins, which look a lot like wings as they swim, can reach nine meters from tip to tip. These gentle ...

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 ...

Just a handful of aquariums in the world display manta rays, and Florida is the only U.S. state that allows their harvest. A manta ray is shown in this file photo. The capture of a giant manta ray for ...