Developing the Manta Ray is merely the next step in producing and procuring technology that will keep the U.S. Navy as the ...

The giant fish faces threats from poachers, boat strikes and climate change Photographs by Alex Mustard Text by Terence Monmaney After the manta ray filters out the tiny plankton from the water it ...

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 ...

The plane banks round into a tight loop. There, unmistakable against the peacock-blue, is the black diamond of an oceanic manta ray, te whai rahi - the largest ray species on the planet.