Dr. Simon Pierce (@simonpierce) is a marine biologist extraordinaire focusing on whale sharks. He is the Principal Scientist at the Marine Megafauna Foundation and Science Coordinator of the Global Whale Shark…
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In the fossil history of sharks, a unique evolutionary experiment happened much earlier than anyone thought. The largest fishes in the oceans feed on some…
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Yes…yes it is. This video was just taken off of San Clemente Island by spearfisherman Carter Jessop (used with permission). This is his account…
View More No way is that a Manta in the Kelp Forest…
Manta Rays are nature’s spawn vacuums. Aided by new technologies and teams of overworked graduate students and unpaid interns, and prodded by the dismal decline…
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Dr. Simon Pierce (@simonpierce) is a marine biologist extraordinaire focusing on whale sharks. He is the Principal Scientist at the Marine Megafauna Foundation and Science Coordinator of the Global Whale Shark…
View More Whale Shark and Manta Ray Gif RoundupEvery year, the world’s largest fish gathers to feed (and feed, and FEED) in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo in eastern Yucatan, in numbers larger…
View More TGIF – Magical Quintana RooFrom the Italian news site La Repubblica comes this disturbing story (with 15 graphic pictures) of a mass stranding of “manta” rays on a beach…
View More Mysterious Mobula mass mortalityIn a remarkable turnaround, Craig directed me to a very cool new study about manta rays (next thing you know I’ll be sending HIM papers…
View More Ever seen a manta ray’s bellybutton?I just wanted to share some nice footage from Mexico showing a group of clarion agenlfish (Holacanthus clarionensis) cleaning a manta ray that comes within…
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