Manta Rays communicate in a complex language we are just about to understand, German scientists find. Soon we may even be able to communicate with them.

Mote Marine Laboratory researchers are asking for the public's help documenting spotted eagle rays.

Stingrays living in Stingray City in the Cayman Islands — have profoundly changed their ways, reports a new study published in the journal PLOS One.

Campaigners hailed the move as historic and said the vote represented a major breakthrough for marine conservation.

Moon phases, wind speeds, and other environmental factors affect manta ray behaviour.

At least 37 countries, including the United States and Mexico, have proposed protections for ten shark and ray species under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

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Using the latest satellite tracking technology, conservationists and researchers have completed a ground-breaking study on the Manta ray.

here is a recently developed term making its way into common use amongst the wider dive community, and that term is, citizen scientist. The science community is waking up to the fact that the common man and woman are valuable resources for acquiring many missing pieces in the jigsaw puzzle that is marine research, particularly for migratory species.

Andrea Marshall details the big steps made in 2011 in the on-going battle to ensure the survival of the giant manta ray in her Save Our Seas blog