In a letter to lawmakers Friday, the head of Florida’s wildlife commission said the agency would “revisit” its policies allowing companies to capture protected marine species for aquariums after a ...

The state’s wildlife agency made the change after the July capture of a manta ray for SeaWorld Abu Dhabi sparked outrage.

Lawmakers say the license — known as a Marine Special Activity License — granted the removal of a federally threatened ...

The state wildlife agency allowing the capture of a threatened species is “inconsistent with Florida’s own legacy of marine ...

This discovery means there are now three types of known manta rays in the world. Work is underway with scientists at the Marine Megafauna Foundation to learn even more about the gentle giant. ORLANDO, ...

This is an animal that is being taken from its natural habitat to captivity, and someone is making a profit off it,” said state Rep. LIndsay Cross, D-St. Petersburg.

Tittering from local anglers is what first attracted scientists to a potential lover’s lane for manta rays off Florida’s east coast. The fishermen may not have known exactly why the graceful megafauna ...

These animals were captured two years before the July seizure of another manta ray in Florida waters was documented in a viral, and controversial, video.

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 ...

Get out of the ray! An incredible viral photo captured the moment a manta ray jumped out of the water behind a surfer in Florida. Photographer Rudy Escandell told WOFL he was at Satellite Beach near ...

A lucky photographer captured an amazing shot of a giant manta ray that leaped out of the water as he was taking pictures of surfers from a Florida beach. Rusty Escandell told CNN that he took the ...

A surfer in Florida was photobombed by a gargantuan manta ray while he was hitting some waves over the weekend. CNN reports that the man who took the photo, Rusty Escandell, didn’t even notice he had ...