Manta rays form social relationships and actively choose their social partners, a new study has revealed. Research published today by scientists from the Marine Megafauna Foundation, Macquarie University and the University ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2019
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Volunteer snorkelers and scuba divers have been helping capture images of reef manta rays to better protect the threatened species.
Ecology
Jul 31, 2019
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A giant manta ray with several fishing hooks caught below its eye appeared to ask two nearby divers for help in removing them, and then waited patiently for them to do so.
Plants & Animals
Jul 15, 2019
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Two manta ray hotspots in waters near Bali identified in new research as vital habitats for the threatened species, could be at risk from unregulated tourism and small scale/ artisanal fishing.
Plants & Animals
May 01, 2019
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A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Manta Trust has successfully scanned a pregnant wild reef manta ray underwater to obtain clear ultrasound images of her foetus, using the world's first contactless ...
Ecology
Apr 30, 2019
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Manta rays strain their tiny food from mouthfuls of seawater in a novel way that could hold the key to better filtration in a variety of commercial applications, new research by Oregon State University shows.
Plants & Animals
Sep 26, 2018
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A great white shark was spotted in waters off Spain's Balearic Islands this week in what is the first such sighting by scientists in at least 30 years, a marine conservation group said Saturday.
Ecology
Jun 30, 2018
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A graduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and colleagues from NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries have discovered the world's first known manta ray nursery.
Ecology
Jun 19, 2018
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Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created MantaDroid, an aquatic robot that emulates the swimming locomotion of manta rays. The robotic manta ray, which swims at the speed of twice its body ...
Robotics
Nov 08, 2017
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Research revealing that giant manta rays are deep-sea predators is likely to be critical to efforts to protect the species.
Ecology
Nov 30, 2016
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