ORLANDO, Fla. — Two years before its controversial 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 ...

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 ...

The state wildlife agency allowing the capture of a threatened species is “inconsistent with Florida’s own legacy of marine conservation,” the lawmakers wrote. Florida is home to a rare manta ray ...

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 video of the capture of a protected giant manta ray near Florida’s Panama City Beach has sparked outrage over concerns about animal welfare and conservation practices. Denis Richard, the founder and ...

Just a handful of aquariums in the world display manta rays, and Florida is the only U.S. state that allows their harvest. A manta ray is shown in this file photo. The capture of a giant manta ray for ...