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Mohammed Abu Daya, right, collects data on a spinetail devil ray that fishers brought to shore in Gaza in 2015. Image courtesy of Mohammed Abu Daya and Giuseppe Notarbartolo di Sciara.

The Gaza scientist still tracking rays from a war zone

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Jul 2026

Asia’s shark and ray hotspots remain poorly protected, study finds

Malaka Rodrigo 26 Jun 2026
A whitespotted eagle ray in its natural habitat. Understanding the diet of predators is crucial to figure out the resources they depend on and the pressure it puts on prey.

Chewing sounds can help decode an animal’s diet using AI, new study finds

Abhishyant Kidangoor 26 Jun 2026
Mohammed Abu Daya, center, measures one of several spinetail devil rays (Mobula mobular) caught in Gaza in 2016, after spending time at sea collecting data with the fishers who caught them. Image by Wissam Nassar, ©Save Our Seas Foundation.

Studying giant devil rays through war in Gaza: Interview with Mohammed Abu Daya

Lyse Mauvais 22 Jun 2026
A dead dusky morwong (Dactylophora nigricans) lies on a bed of seaweed at the water’s edge.

A year on, Australia’s biggest harmful algal bloom continues to wreak havoc

Nick Rodway 8 Jun 2026
A thornback ray used in experiments to measure the impacts of electromagnetic field sensitivity rests in the Wageningen University & Research laboratory. Image courtesy of Annemiek Hermans.

Offshore wind power cables can affect sensory system of sharks and rays: studies

Malaka Rodrigo 4 Jun 2026
A fever of mobula rays photographed underwater in June 2025. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

A fever of mobula rays off Mexico’s coast: Photo of the week

Shanna Hanbury 20 May 2026

At world’s largest shark conference, scientists warn of a grim outlook across the board

Philip Jacobson 14 May 2026

Sawfish in Sri Lanka may be ‘functionally extinct,’ but refuges remain

Mongabay.com 13 May 2026

Sharks and rays do not know boundaries and a new high seas treaty seeks to protect them

Malaka Rodrigo 12 May 2026
Dried daisy stingrays in stacks at a fish landing site in southern Senegal with sea in background.

In Senegal, artisanal fishing kills a surprising number of sharks and rays: study

Victoria Schneider 5 May 2026
The Zanette in the Gqeberha harbour, offloading its catch into a truck belonging to the DSL permit-holder, Fisherman Fresh CC. Image courtesy of Enrico Gennari.

Investigation of permit violations in South Africa’s shark fishery pending

Victoria Schneider 27 Mar 2026

Small ray of hope for Sri Lanka’s sawfish, now feared ‘functionally extinct’

Malaka Rodrigo 27 Mar 2026
A fisher holds up two stingrays from his catch.

Bangladesh sees rise in ray, shark fishing as traditional seafood species dwindle

Khadijatul Kobra 12 Mar 2026
A basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus), an endangered species, photographed along the Inner Hebrides island chain in Scotland, which is within a designated ISRA.

New global map shows where sharks and rays most need protection

Edward Carver 3 Feb 2026

Global manta and devil ray deaths far exceed earlier estimates: Study

Keith Anthony Fabro 11 Dec 2025

South African sharks threatened by fisheries, weak enforcement

Victoria Schneider 20 Oct 2025
A manta ray in the Indian Ocean.

Mining the deep-sea could further threaten endangered sharks and rays

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 20 Oct 2025
A Mobula yarae, or Atlantic manta ray. Image courtesy of Maitê Baratella/Barracuda Imagens.

Third manta ray species confirmed in western Atlantic

Shreya Dasgupta 14 Aug 2025
Banner image of a whale shark in Tubbataha Reefs by © Steve De Neef.

Countries seek urgent CITES protection of more than 70 sharks and rays

Kristine Sabillo 1 Jul 2025

Pushback grows against nickel mining in Indonesian marine paradise of Raja Ampat

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 Jun 2025

A Mexican marine park shelters giant manta rays: Interview with Madalena Pereira Cabral

Astrid Arellano 4 Sep 2024
A Java stingaree

Farewell, Java stingaree: Scientists declare the first marine fish extinction

Jeremy Hance 22 Dec 2023
An African wedgefish (Rhynchobatus luebberti) landed by artisanal fishermen and sold in Songolo (Critically Endangered, IUCN Red List). Credit: Godefroy De Bruyne

Congo’s waters are hotspot for endangered sharks & rays, reveals data from artisanal fishers

Molly Herring 28 Nov 2023
A washed-up egg case of a ray.

Tangled in marine debris, skate egg cases dry up and die on Peruvian beaches

Michelle Carrere 30 Jun 2023
A manta ray.

‘Manta grid’ provides a ray of hope against industrial bycatch threat

Edward Carver 27 Mar 2023
Blacktip sharks and remoras.

Study: Paying fishers to ease off sharks and rays is cost-effective conservation

Cassie Freund 6 Feb 2023
Mangrove whiprays (Urogymnus granulatus)

Stingrays can ‘talk’ when they get riled up, new study suggests

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Jul 2022

Where do the guitarfish go? Scientists and fishers team up to find out

Mike DiGirolamo 22 Jul 2022

In Sri Lankan waters, endangered but unprotected rays encounter a killing field

Malaka Rodrigo 9 Jun 2022

Ray care center: Indonesia’s Raja Ampat a key nursery for young reef mantas

Basten Gokkon 9 Jun 2022
The endangered manta ray

For reef mantas, Indonesia’s Komodo National Park is a ray of hope

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 24 May 2022

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