Manta Rays

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.

Marine Megafauna Foundation partners with Immotion, to create an 'educational and immersive' VR experience entitled Flight of the Mantas.

A new Marine Megafauna Foundation has confirmed the first international movement of reef manta rays in South Africa

The ocean's cleaning stations are one of nature’s most remarkable examples of how evolution finds solutions to life’s challenges

A unique 'Devil Ray Conservation Dive' is to be launched this December at Aliwal Shoal off the coast of KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.

The world's largest population of giant oceanic manta rays has been identified off the coast of Ecuador, accoring to a newly published study

First study to confirm a nursery for globally vulnerable reef manta rays in isolated waters around Raja Ampat in Indonesia

New research from Marine Megafauna Foundation and The Manta Trust reveals new details about how their movement affects their social bonds