Many sharks and rays are known to breach, leaping fully or partly out of the water. In a recent study, colleagues and I reviewed research on breaching and ranked the most commonly hypothesized ...

Many sharks and rays are known to breach, leaping fully or partly out of the water. In a recent study, colleagues and I reviewed research on breaching and ranked the most commonly hypothesized ...

They look similar to manta rays, which belong to the same family but are in a different genus. Mobula rays belong to the Mobula genus, which includes at least 10 different species.

Ian Tibbetts says the jumping rays have baffled scientists. (Supplied: University of Queensland)Rays have large, flat and diamond-shaped bodies, allowing them to glide through the water — and air.

Manta rays may look alien, but there is nothing sci-fi about how they use physics to their advantage, from powerful swimming to efficient (and simultaneous) eating and breathing.

The Boston Globe What’s that giant thing that’s been leaping out of the water all over the North Shore? It’s been the summer of the jumping sturgeon on the Great Marsh.

Many sharks and rays are known to breach, leaping fully or partly out of the water. In a recent study, colleagues and I reviewed research on breaching and ranked the most commonly hypothesized ...

Manta rays, basking sharks and other species of rays and sharks are known to breach, leaping fully or partly out of the water. Photo by Alice B/Pexels ...