A Mobula yarae, or Atlantic manta ray, with more vivid colors. For more than 15 years, Marine Megafauna Foundation co-founder Dr. Andrea Marshall suspected that one of the animals she was seeing in ...

“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 ...

Louisiana's ongoing heat wave has sent residents racing to beaches along the Gulf Coast just in time for a lucky few to spot packs of mobula rays, also known as "devil rays," dappling the oceanfront.

A new global assessment estimates more than 259,000 manta and devil rays (genus Mobula) die in fisheries each year, far exceeding previous figures, with researchers warning that the true toll is ...