As a late 20-something-year-old I joined the hundreds of thousands of Aussies that travel to Bali each year seeking sun, sand ...

Christmas markets, light displays, 'The Nutcracker,' Buddy the Elf, Rudolph, Santa Claus (and Scuba Claus) are among the holiday things to see and do coming to metro Atlanta.

Oceanic manta rays don’t just glide near the surface - they plunge hundreds of miles deep into the ocean, with these ...

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

A group that studies manta rays in Florida has shared disturbing footage of a high-speed vessel plowing over a large manta as it cruised near the surface beyond an inlet. “I was filming a manta ...

A juvenile manta ray named Ozzy was found dead near the Boynton Beach Inlet from a boat strike. Scientists are concerned that boat traffic in the narrow, fast-moving inlet may pose a threat to the ...

Florida lawmakers stood up to express outrage after a manta ray was captured in Panama Beach. A video showed the animal being taken from the water, and the manta ray was confirmed later to have passed ...

A giant manta ray was captured off Panama City Beach, sparking public outrage and national attention. The capture was permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for an aquarium ...

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 ...

The state wildlife agency allowing the capture of a threatened species is “inconsistent with Florida’s own legacy of marine conservation,” the lawmakers wrote. Florida is home to a rare manta ray ...

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