Graceful, massive, and shockingly intelligent, the giant manta ray is one of the most awe-inspiring creatures in our oceans.

Their gill openings are also the perfect size to help them breathe while they feed, absorbing oxygen from water on its way out. The rays’ balance of feeding and breathing helped the researchers ...

To design better water filters, engineers look to manta rays. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 30, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 11 / 241125162940.htm ...

Many sharks and rays are known to breach, leaping fully or partly out of the water. In a recent study, colleagues and I reviewed research on breaching and ranked the most commonly hypothesized ...

In a new study, the team reveals an innovative water filter design informed by the filter-feeding capabilities of mobula rays. Mobula rays are a family of aquatic rays that include several species ...

Mobula rays feed by swimming open-mouthed through plankton-rich regions of the ocean and filtering plankton particles into their gullet as water streams into their mouths and out through their gills.

(Getty Images) Many sharks and rays are known to breach, leaping fully or partly out of the water. In a recent study, colleagues and I reviewed research on breaching and ranked the most commonly ...