You would think that animals that can put on an incredible show like the one captured in this amazing YouTube clip would be very well known, but the opposite is true. The footage features the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Far more manta and devil rays die in fisheries than previously understood, with annual deaths surpassing 259,000 individuals, ...

Filter feeders in the animal kingdom showcase a variety of strategies to capture food from water, from the intricate structures of barnacles to the massive sieve-like mouths of baleen whales. Among ...

Researchers often seek inspiration from natural systems to address technical problems. Manta rays are filter feeders, sifting plankton from seawater as they swim. Inspired by this natural filtering ...

Splashes at the surface give an indication of the commotion below. Beneath the waves, a tornado of hundreds of devil rays swirl in a dizzying dance that goes on for hours. "It's amazing to see a ...

Researchers in Indonesia are studying the survival rate of manta rays and devil rays released after being caught unintentionally by fishers. The study, which has so far tagged five of the animals with ...

Engineers fabricated a simple water filter modeled after the mobula ray’s plankton-filtering features. Pictured are pieces of the filter. Filter feeders are everywhere in the animal world, from tiny ...