Manta Rays

A new study calls on mobulid rays to be upgraded to CITES Appendix I in the wake of severe population decline

Check out some of the events being held by the Manta Trust to celebrate World Manta Day 2025 - and why better protection is so important

Check out this fantastic portfolio from marine scientist, dive instructor, and Manta Trust Media and Communications Manager, Jas Corbett

The Manta Caribbean Project is doing vital work to protect manta rays off the coast of Mexico – DIVE talks to its charismatic founder.

Scientists formally describe a third species of manta ray, sixteen years after MMF's Dr Andrea Marshall predicted its existence

The Manta Trust has launched a campaign to get mantas and mobulas upgraded to the highest level of protection at November's CITES conference

CITES listings have had a positive impact on shark and ray conservation - but there is still much to do to ensure species survival

Blue Corner Dive Penida manager Jason Fondis rescues an entangled reef manta ray off the island of Nusa Penida - for the second time.

The Manta Trust has launched a new initiative aimed at getting businesses involved in manta ray conservation through volunteering expeditions

The Manta Trust will be kicking off the run-up to World Manta Day on 17 September with a conservation storytelling workshop on 11 September

Riding a scooter into a cloud of grey reef sharks, whose populations in the Maldives are booming thanks to a blanket ban on shark fishing

A major new study Seychelles has highlighted the importance of D’Arros Island and St. François Atoll for Seychelles' reef mantas

British Underwater Photographer of the Year 2023, Ollie Clarke, showcases some of his spectacular megafauna shots of sharks, rays and whales

The Marine Megafauna Foundation's decades-long research has been pivotal in establishing new Important Shark and Ray Areas for the IUCN

Daniel Thomas Browne, winner of DIVE's BigShot Megafauna underwater photo competition, showcases some of the best of Western Australia's reefs

Catherine Cushenan (@catsharks) is a shark ecologist, freediver and underwater photographer with a particular love of charismatic megafauna

Marine Megafauna Foundation co-founders Andrea Marshall and Simon Pierce talk to DIVE about what 'sustainability' really means

A new Marine Megafauna Foundation study finds that the elusive sicklefin devil ray (Mobula tarapacana) is present off the US Atlantic coast.