Manta Rays
Manta rays worth US$8.6 billion to the Maldives economy, study finds
A recently published study led by the Manta Trust and an international team of researchers has found that manta rays…
New documentary spotlights endangered sicklefin devil rays of the Azores
The Manta Trust has released a new, 13-minute short documentary exploring the lives of the endangered Sicklefin devil rays (Mobula…
Mantas and devil rays receive maximum CITES protection
All ten species of manta and devil rays have been granted the highest level of protection under the Convention on…
Mantas and devil rays in global decline
A new study led by the Manta Trust and a network of international experts has found that manta ray and…
Mark World Manta Day 2025 with the Manta Trust’s events
World Manta Day returns on 17 September 2025, and the Manta Trust is marking the occasion with a series of…
Featured Photographer: Jasmine Corbett
Hey, I’m Jas. I’m a conservation filmmaker and photographer, marine scientist, and dive instructor with a lifelong obsession with the…
‘Rays of Hope’ – an Interview with Karen Fuentes, founder of the Manta Caribbean Project
The Manta Caribbean Project is doing vital work to catalogue and protect giant manta rays off the Caribbean coast of…
It’s official – there are three species of manta ray!
The third manta ray species, Mobula yarae has been formally described by scientists, 15 years after its existence was predicted…
Manta Trust launches #SaveTheMantas campaign
The Manta Trust has launched a new campaign to support increased levels of protection for mobulid rays at the next…
Major progress – but still gaps – in shark and ray conservation
A new study led by scientists from Florida International University (FIU) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has found that…
Penida dive instructor rescues entangled manta – again!
A scuba diving instructor based on the island of Nusa Penida, off Bali, Indonesia, has been filmed heroically coming to…
Manta Trust launches ‘Volunteer Time Off’ expeditions for businesses
The Manta Trust has launched a new initiative aimed at getting businesses involved in manta ray conservation by offering their…
World Manta Day returns on 17 September 2024
*** Update: due to technical problems the storytelling workshop has been delayed until 6pm BST, Friday 13 September *** World…
The Ride of Your Life – with Maldives grey reef sharks
Riding a scooter into a cloud of grey reef sharks, whose populations in the Maldives are booming thanks to a…
Major study reveals size of Seychelles manta ray population
A recently published study investigating the manta ray populations of Seychelles has highlighted the importance of D’Arros Island and St.…
Featured Photographer – Ollie Clarke
I’m Ollie Clarke, an ocean photographer based in Western Australia, but originally from Bognor Regis in the UK. After studying…
MMF’s research pivotal in establishing new IUCN shark and ray protections
The Marine Megafauna Foundation’s decades-long research has been pivotal in establishing new Important Shark and Ray Areas for the IUCN…
Featured Photographer – Daniel Browne
I grew up on the coast of Western Australia where I spent most of my life around the ocean. Ever…
Featured Photographer – Catherine ‘CatSharks’ Cushenan
Catherine Cushenan (also known as @catsharks in cyberspace) is a shark ecologist, freediver and underwater photographer who has spent the…
How the Marine Megafauna Foundation makes sustainability sustainable
Mark ‘Crowley’ Russell talks to Dr Andrea Marshall and Dr Simon Pierce, co-founders of the Marine Megafauna Foundation, about the…
Endangered sicklefin devil ray found off the US Atlantic coast
By Madeleine Pierce, Marine Megafauna Foundation A new study led by Jessica Pate of the Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF), has…
Virtual Reality brings ‘Flight of the Mantas’ to life
The Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF) has announced that it has partnered with location-based virtual reality (VR) ‘edutainment’ company, Immotion, to…
MMF confirms world-first international reef manta migration
New research by the Marine Megafauna Foundation has extended the southern range of the reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in…
The mutual benefits of ocean cleaning stations
The ocean’s cleaning stations are one of nature’s most remarkable examples of how evolution finds solutions to life’s challenges Nature…
Devil Ray Conservation Dive launched at Aliwal Shoal
A unique ‘Devil Ray Conservation Dive’ programme is to be launched this December at Aliwal Shoal off the coast of…
World’s largest oceanic manta ray population in Ecuador, says MMF study
The world’s largest population of giant oceanic manta rays (Mobula birostris) has been formally identified off the coast of Ecuador,…
Manta ray nursery discovered in Raja Ampat
First study to confirm a nursery for globally vulnerable reef manta rays in isolated waters around Raja Ampat in Indonesia…
Reef manta relationships depend on individual behaviour
New research by a team of scientists from The Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF), Macquarie University, Université de Corse, The University…
An evening with Doug Allan for World Manta Day
Multi award winning wildlife cameraman Doug Allan and the Manta Trust are hosting an event at the Royal Geographical Society…
Endangered Species Day profile: Andrea Marshall
Today marks the 17th annual Endangered Species Day, during which people commit to learning, celebrating and taking action to save…