Two years before itscontroversial videotaped capture of a giant manta ray last month, a Florida company seized two more of the rare creatures for SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, one of which died in captivity, ...

Denis Richard watched five men heave a giant manta ray from the waters off Panama City Beach and plop it into a pool on their boat deck. “Let him go,” he yelled. “You ought to be ashamed of yourselves ...

New records have revealed that a Florida company snatched a rare manta ray from the wild and kept it in captivity until it had to be euthanized. Last month a video of a Florida fishing group capturing ...

A bipartisan group of state and federal lawmakers is seeking sweeping new protections for threatened marine life following a viral video that showed a Florida company capturing a giant manta ray for ...

Six people were hospitalized after SeaWorld's Manta roller coaster - described as a "head-first, face-down inverted nosedive" - suddenly came to a stop mid-ride. The thrill-seekers were taken from ...