It all began with a simple question: Why don’t manta rays clear their throats? The car-size, kite-shaped fishes filter their plankton food from seawater, but they don’t pause, close their mouths and ...

Filter feeders are everywhere in the animal world, from tiny crustaceans and certain types of coral and krill, to various molluscs, barnacles, and even massive basking sharks and baleen whales. Now, ...

Studying the filter-feeding mechanism of mobula rays, engineers developed a new design for industrial cross-flow water filters. Research shows the filter-feeders strike a natural balance between ...

Manta rays strain their tiny food from mouthfuls of seawater in a novel way that could hold the key to better filtration in a variety of commercial applications, new research by Oregon State ...

KONA (HawaiiNewsNow) - World Manta Day is on Sept. 17, a time to raise awareness about manta rays and their important role in the marine ecosystem. This Saturday, Sept. 14 from noon to 7 p.m., the ...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- They’re known as one of the giants of the ocean. Manta rays can reach 28 feet across and one, a younger smaller one, was spotted off Pinellas County. “Manta Ray sightings are rare ...

The state of Florida is teeming with life year round. From snow birds to actual birds, plentiful marine and terrestrial life and a variety of habitats, there isn’t much to love of the sunshine state!