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 ...

ATLANTA AP – The creatures just keep getting larger at the world’s biggest fish tank. The Georgia Aquarium is now home to the only manta ray on exhibit in the United States. The ray, named “Nandi” ...

A bipartisan group of state and federal lawmakers is seeking sweeping new protections for threatened marine life following a viral video that showed a Florida company capturing a giant manta ray for ...

PARADISE ISLAND -- Last week, Leyley the manta ray went back home. A marine scientist and a team of 20 marine aquarists released the 700-plus-pound manta ray from the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort ...

Filled with more with 11 million gallons of water, the Georgia Aquarium is the biggest in America—actually, it's one of the ...

TOKYO, June 18 (Reuters) - A Japanese aquarium is celebrating a special new arrival this week - a giant manta ray keepers say is the world's first ever born in captivity. Video footage shows the 1.9 ...

For the first time, a giant manta ray was born in captivity at an aquarium in Japan, reports the Associated Press. The baby manta ray was born Saturday at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, 374 days after ...