A video of the capture of a protected giant manta ray near Florida’s Panama City Beach has sparked outrage over concerns about animal welfare and conservation practices. Denis Richard, the founder and ...
It all began with a simple question: Why don’t manta rays clear their throats? The car-size, kite-shaped fishes filter their plankton food from seawater, but they don’t pause, close their mouths and ...
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. Sources ...
A giant manta ray was captured off Panama City Beach, Florida under a permit for international display at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi. While "threatened" under the ESA, not "endangered," the manta ray's ...
Tittering from local anglers is what first attracted scientists to a potential lover’s lane for manta rays off Florida’s east coast. The fishermen may not have known exactly why the graceful megafauna ...
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 ...
Florida’s wildlife agency has temporarily suspended licenses that allow aquariums to capture threatened sharks and rays as it weighs permanent changes to its rules, according to a letter made public ...
Andrea Marshall has dedicated her life to studying manta rays, learning everything she possibly can about the graceful marine creatures. So, when she spotted an unusual-looking manta ray off the ...
When wildlife lover Malaika Vaz discovered that manta rays were being poached near her home in India, she disguised herself as a fish trader to figure out who was behind the plot. New National ...
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