by Martina Wing | Feb 13, 2023 | About Manta Rays
If you’ve ever seen a video of manta rays jumping out of the water (we linked the best ones below!), you may think they were attempting to fly – the spectacle is called “breaching”. Both species of mantas (reef mantas and giant manta rays) have been seen...
by Martina Wing | Jan 30, 2023 | About Manta Rays
Reef manta rays can be found around the world, but they’re not as well known as their larger relatives, the oceanic (giant) manta rays – even though they often get confused with them. When you join us for a manta ray moonlight swim, the gentle giants you...
by Martina Wing | Jan 18, 2023 | About Manta Rays
Manta rays are large animals who need to a lot of food to sustain themselves – however, they’re also completely harmless giant fish who only eat tiny things: small and microscopic plankton. Marine predators developed elaborate hunting techniques to find, kill...
by Martina Wing | Jan 6, 2023 | Manta Rays in Hawaii, Personal Stories
At the start of this new year, I’d like to take you back to all the wonderful and not-so-wonderful things that happened in the past year. 2022 was a strange year here in Hawaii with stormy weather and a fatal accident, but we also had fun with a...
by Martina Wing | Dec 19, 2022 | Ocean Advocacy
Many dangers threaten the existence of our beloved manta rays and many other marine creatures, as well as the health of our planet. In the past year, I wrote about how using the wrong sunscreen can damage coral reefs (which in turn causes a ripple effect that goes all...
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