Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. These creatures have been unfairly treated as scapegoats for dwindling clam populations in regions like the Chesapeake Bay. It’s ...

They are big creatures, and they travel together in big numbers. Now they're making their annual visit to the Jersey Shore, both annoying and entertaining swimmers. "They're here to stay right now," ...

The marketing slogan “Save the Bay, Eat a Ray” has been urging Virginians for years to eat cownose rays — considered a plague in the Chesapeake Bay because they gobble up bay scallops, clams and ...

True to their name, the head featured two rounded lobes that resemble a cow’s nose, a distinctive trait that makes this ...

Looking like giant leaves floating in the sea, thousands of Golden Rays are seen here gathering off the coast of Mexico. The spectacular scene was captured as the magnificent creatures made one of ...

Legislation was introduced Tuesday in Annapolis to end cownose ray fishing contests. In the summer of 2015, 11 News obtained video of the so-called Battle of the Rays fishing contest in which ...

Representatives from two animal rights groups are asking Gov. Larry Hogan to put an end to what they call a pure blood sport.Mobile users tap here to watch videoContestants in a recent contest on the ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources plans to take pending state legislation to temporarily halt the contest-fishing of cownose rays and public comments about banning cownose ray ...

(WPRI) — Marine biologists with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) made a rare catch while working in local waters this past month. In a social media post shared Tuesday ...

It’s easy to forget about the legion of mysterious creatures that live in the ocean. That is, until you are right on top of them. Like schools of fish, some creatures, such as cownose rays, travel and ...