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 inspire faster swimming robots and better water filters Efficient swimming and feeding make the creatures a model for human machines.

Many sharks and rays are known to breach, leaping fully or partly out of the water.

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

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. A sturgeon and a kayaker.

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.

The rays have large, flat, diamond-shaped bodies and long fins, allowing them to glide through water - and also through the air. Huge groups of the fish regularly gather together to leap out of the ...