Oceanic manta rays will occasionally dive around three-quarters of a mile below the surface of the ocean. After years of speculation, a team of researchers has just found out why. It seems like manta ...

Learn how tracking data shows that manta rays plunge more than 4,000 feet down in the deep sea not to hunt, but to find their bearings and travel across the open ocean. In the open ocean, a manta ...

Remoras are pretty weird fish, but a new study shows they really have no boundaries when it comes to mooching off their manta ray hosts. These tropical suckerfish are best known for hitching a ride on ...

New research led by the University of the Sunshine Coast has found that reef manta rays are diving deep in storm events to find food and stay alive. As World Environment Day is celebrated around the ...

Giant oceanic manta ray (Mobula birostris) and scuba diver in San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedo, Mexico. (Photo by: Luis Javier Sandoval/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The first ...

Four years ago the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a program aimed at creating a multi-use underwater drone capable of operating on "long-duration, long-range missions in ...

To make the most of what could be one of the last seasons this famed manta habitat remains open to dive boats, Maldives Dive Travel is now offering special liveaboard diving holidays to Hanifaru Bay, ...

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At Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru, guests receive a call when marine biologists spot manta rays, with 30 minutes to reach the ...

Scientists have discovered something about suckerfish that might make their underwater companions want to hide. The fish – known to attach themselves to marine animals – were documented using a ...