Video showing the capture of a giant manta ray in Florida for display at Sea World Abu Dhabi has inspired a bill to ban the practice with threatened species.

A St. Petersburg lawmaker is trying to slam the door on Florida’s tiny but controversial trade in federally protected sea life after a viral video showed a giant manta ray hauled out of the Gulf off ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DUNEDIN, Fla. (WFLA) — Local drone operator John Yanchoris captured a rare sight Saturday evening: a huge manta ray swimming ...

A paddleboarder near Honeymoon Island, Florida, had a rare and thrilling encounter with a giant manta ray. The video shows the manta ray gliding beneath the paddleboard, with the paddleboarder ...

Video showing the capture of a giant manta ray in Florida for display at Sea World Abu Dhabi has inspired a bill to ban the ...

A manta ray near Isla de la Plata off the coast of Ecuador. Credit: Fundacion Megafauna Marina del Ecuador Scientists have identified off the coast of Ecuador a distinct population of oceanic manta ...

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 ...

“I mean, he was in pain. That animal was in pain," a witness alleged of the aquatic animal Angel Saunders has been a writer at PEOPLE since 2023. She previously worked at iHeartMedia, IndieWire and ...

Ever dreamed of swimming with the ocean's biggest creatures? Picture yourself surrounded by sea giants, moving smoothly ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. (WFLA) — Local drone operator John Yanchoris captured a rare sight Saturday evening: a huge manta ray swimming underneath a paddleboarder. John said a marine biologist helped him ...