Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have learned how stingrays are able to swim with impressive control. These insights could help underwater vehicles avoid ...

In a first for science, the wild smalleye stingray (Megatrygon microps) has been tagged by scientists! Known as the world's largest and rarest marine stingray, this animal is still globally classified ...

Ocean animals have evolved an incredible range of defenses against predators, from venomous spines and speed to camouflage, schooling and even clouds of ink. Lionfish, stonefish and stingrays rely on ...

Despite making up the majority of our planet’s surface, the ocean floor is still a mystery. As of June 2020, we have only mapped 20% of it and continue to discover major features including massive ...

A diver from the Cayman Islands had an unusual underwater encounter with a helpful stingray that offered itself up as a makeshift tent during a photoshoot on the ocean floor. The well-meaning stingray ...

Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have learned how stingrays are able to swim with impressive control. These insights could help underwater vehicles avoid ...

To beat the summer heat, many of us in the Southern Hemisphere are hitting the beach—and this raises our chances of encountering potentially dangerous marine life beneath the waves. So should we be ...

Charlotte has spent much of her life in captivity at a non-profit aquarium in North Carolina's Appalachian Mountains. She is an ocean animal called a round stingray. She is about 3,700 kilometers from ...