U Manta News Today

The islands of the Maldives are idyllic, but climate change threatens their very existence. Contributing writer Lisa Abend explores the complex costs of creating—and sustaining—paradise.

Tangled up too often in fishing nets, manta rays have been plunging toward extinction as fishing pressure and other stressors take a toll on their populations. But the species has found a safe haven in Komodo National Park, a swath of water around Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands. A new study identified an aggregation of 1,085 […]