It all began with a simple question: Why don’t manta rays clear their throats? The car-size, kite-shaped fishes filter their plankton food from seawater, but they don’t pause, close their mouths and ...

Manta rays are elegantly shaped. They swim by flapping their fins like enormous wings, and their gills filter for plankton with the utmost precision. These creatures have now inspired human ...

Researchers often seek inspiration from natural systems to address technical problems. Manta rays are filter feeders, sifting plankton from seawater as they swim. Inspired by this natural filtering ...

The sophisticated filtration system of giant manta rays might be the key to ridding the ocean of trash in the future. In a new study, scientists looked at the marine animal's liquid-solid filtration ...

A nine-year study from south Florida suggests juvenile Atlantic manta rays may be doing far more ecological work than we ever ...

Manta rays strain their tiny food from mouthfuls of seawater in a novel way that could hold the key to better filtration in a variety of commercial applications, new research by Oregon State ...