The move comes after a video of a fishing boat off the Panhandle hauling aboard an exhausted manta ray went viral.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reef Manta Rays in a mating formation with several males following a mature female, Komodo ...

The wildlife commission votes this week on a rule that still allows catching manta rays for aquariums. Lawmakers are pushing back.

Just a handful of aquariums in the world display manta rays, and Florida is the only U.S. state that allows their harvest. A manta ray is shown in this file photo. The capture of a giant manta ray for ...

Forget everything you thought you knew about the ocean's giants. You picture sleek, shadow-like forms gliding through the ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved new rules Wednesday prohibiting the international export ...

A Mobula yarae, or Atlantic manta ray, with more vivid colors. For more than 15 years, Marine Megafauna Foundation co-founder Dr. Andrea Marshall suspected that one of the animals she was seeing in ...

Scientists spent 15 years piecing together rare footage that captured remoras disappearing inside giant manta rays.

Reef Manta Rays in a mating formation with several males following a mature female, Komodo National Park, Indonesia© SergeUWPhoto/Shutterstock.com Manta rays are ...