Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ozzy was motionless at the bottom of the sea floor, his white belly and 7-foot wingspan clearly visible to the drone flying above ...

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — A video is blowing up on social media of a protected giant manta ray being taken from the waters off the Florida Panhandle and a South Florida-based company is behind the ...

A giant manta ray was captured off Panama City Beach, Florida under a permit for international display at SeaWorld Abu Dhabi. While "threatened" under the ESA, not "endangered," the manta ray's ...

Florida’s wildlife agency has temporarily suspended licenses that allow aquariums to capture threatened sharks and rays as it weighs permanent changes to its rules, according to a letter made public ...

Tittering from local anglers is what first attracted scientists to a potential lover’s lane for manta rays off Florida’s east coast. The fishermen may not have known exactly why the graceful megafauna ...

A bipartisan group of state and federal lawmakers is seeking sweeping new protections for threatened marine life following a viral video that showed a Florida company capturing a giant manta ray for ...

A giant manta ray was captured off Panama City Beach, sparking public outrage and national attention. The capture was permitted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for an aquarium ...

Ozzy was motionless at the bottom of the sea floor, his white belly and 7-foot wingspan clearly visible to the drone flying above the brine near the Boynton Inlet. Named after the late rocker Ozzy ...

A juvenile manta ray named Ozzy was found dead near the Boynton Beach Inlet from a boat strike. Scientists are concerned that boat traffic in the narrow, fast-moving inlet may pose a threat to the ...