The cownose ray's tail functions as a sensory organ, acting like a fine-tuned antenna. Dissections and CT scans revealed tiny holes on the tail connected to a lateral line canal, a sensory system ...

A pair of marine biologists at Harvard University has found that one of the main purposes of the cownose ray's tail is to serve as a fine-tuned antenna. In their study published in the Proceedings ...

Commonly known as the cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus is a species of ray found in the western ... [+] Atlantic Ocean, from the Gulf of Mexico to the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States.

In a paper published on Wednesday in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, a pair of researchers analyzed tails belonging to cownose rays, a smaller relative of manta rays.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Aerial footage captured the jaw-dropping moment when thousands upon thousands of cownose rays gathered in Florida last month. The video, captured by kayak company See ...

Lindsey Waxman. “Further tests confirmed she had chronic lymphocytic leukemia, making her case only the second reported instance of this cancer in a cownose ray.” Biologists and Veterinarians ...