Conservationists are determined to protect the magnificent rays of the Pacific—whether that’s tracking them with acoustic ...
They can jump around two metres out of the water before flopping back down with a splash. Groups of them have been spotted behaving this way for hours at a time, especially off the coast of Mexico.
But only a select few jump. Dr Tibbetts said eagle rays were known to jump out of the water, which is called breaching. Mobula rays and manta rays are two other species of rays that also jump out ...
More commonly called Mobula rays or devil rays ... It is unknown precisely why these rays jump, but researchers suspect it ...
Although scientists don't know why these gigantic fish jump, they've at least measured how high: some of the most spectacular jumps can reach over 6.5 feet above the surface. And it's not just ...
To study how Manta rays (Mobula birostris) maneuver, researchers filmed them from two cameras at once and plotted coordinate data to create a 3-D reconstruction of their movements. The scientists ...
As the numbers grow and the shoals get bigger, individual mobula rays propel themselves out of the water in a spectacular display of aerial acrobatics, before landing with a loud bang. More and ...
Newcastle University experts demonstrate a data-poor approach to assess the sustainability of devil ray catch in Indian Ocean fisheries. Scientists aged Spinetail Devil Rays (Mobula mobular) and ...