When evolution skeptics want to attack Darwin's theory, they often point to the human eye. How could something so complex, they argue, have developed through random mutations and natural selection ...

But several times a year, when time and tide align, manta rays from throughout the Maldives converge here to feed in a spectacular coral-reef ballet. From May through November, when the lunar tide ...

The largest ray in the world (up to 8m wide!), the giant manta is a graceful and gentle creature. They can make migrations across the oceans, finding their way by following topographical maps ...

the word “manta” refers to the Giant Manta Ray, the world’s largest ray. To military aviation history buffs, meanwhile, the word “manta” signifies a conceptual experimental fighter ...

German engineering firm Festo has created this flying manta ray. Dubbed the Air_ray, it’s a balloon made of an aluminum-vaporised “PET foil”. Inflated with helium, the Air_ray’s propulsion ...

A new 450-million-year-old arthropod fossil, Lomankus edgecombei, has been uncovered in New York, revealing crucial ...

From Pekingese to St. Bernard and greyhound, dogs come in such startling variety it's easy to forget they belong to the same species. The profusion of breeds today -- at least 150 -- reflects ...

One of Disney’s original villain ideas was a manta ray inspired by Joan Collins of Dynasty fame ... Last but not least we have the Ground-type Pokémon Sandslash. This evolution of Sandshrew looks ...

A study, in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution, says the creatures may ... Elitza Germanov/Marine Megafauna Foundation Manta ray with plastic in Indonesia "The full magnitude of risks ...

Mobula rays closely related to sharks and are part of the family Mobulidae, which also contains two species of manta ray. Rays in this family are large and can be found all over the world, in both ...

In the game of evolution, key behavioral adaptations that confer fitness in survival and reproduction, paying tremendous dividends for an individual's progeny, may seemingly arise from thin air ...

This is an evolution of Opel-Vauxhall’s Visor grille ... “I am on a zero e-mission” with an animated depiction of a manta ray floating across the panel, which is flanked by a familiar ...