>> THE SOUTH FLORIDA COASTLINE IS HOME TO ALL KINDS OF SEA LIFE, BUT LOCAL MARINE SCIENTIST JESSICA PATE HAS DISCOVERED A UNIQUE CLUSTER OF NAUTICAL NOVICES. >> IT’S A NURSERY GROUND FOR YOUNG OR BABY ...

Marine biologist Joshua Stewart was scuba diving in the Gulf of Mexico when he spotted a baby manta ray—an unexpected find, given that juveniles are extremely rare and seldom observed by humans. After ...

If you were swimming in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean or the Pacific and saw a vast, shadowy shape gliding beneath you, ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Baby manta rays are now regularly being sighted in the shallow waters along Florida’s coastline, the first time a nursery habitat has been discovered in such a highly ...

As he drifted through the water in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, marine biologist Joshua Stewart spotted something few people will ever see in their lives: a young manta ray. "I was incredibly ...

Tucked away in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the world's first known nursery for baby manta rays has been discovered amid the shallow reefs. And marine scientists are excited. Biologist ...

A rare habitat of manta ray babies is discovered in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Texas at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Giant manta rays that are commonly seen swimming ...

A group of researchers led by Ph.D. candidate Joshua Stewart from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and scientists from the NOAA Office of National Marine ...

A massive, silent shadow passes over a diver exploring a coral reef 100 miles from land in the Gulf of Mexico. Phew! It’s not a shark, it’s a baby manta ray, frolicking in the diver’s air bubbles in ...

TOKYO – What is believed to be the first giant manta ray born in captivity has arrived at a southern Japanese aquarium, the facility said Sunday. The baby manta, a female, was born late Saturday in a ...

Adult giant manta rays can be seen in subtropical and tropical waters around the world, but baby and juvenile mantas are rarely encountered. So when marine biologist Joshua Stewart saw several baby ...

TOKYO — A giant manta ray baby that was believed to be the first born in captivity died today after being abused by its father, Japanese keepers said. The female baby manta was born Saturday at the ...