BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – In July, we told you about a giant manta ray caught off Panama City Beach. The manta ray was sent to Sea World Abu Dhabi after the FWC issued a permit for its capture. Two ...

Florida lawmakers stood up to express outrage after a manta ray was captured in Panama Beach. A video showed the animal being taken from the water, and the manta ray was confirmed later to have passed ...

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 ...

This one‘s a juvenile female, according to the Marine Megafauna Foundation. New sea animals are discovered every year, and 2025 is no different. Thanks to conservation biologist Andrea Marshall and ...