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Scientists have eavesdropped on dinner time for the large marine predator the whitespotted eagle ray for the first time in order to learn more about how it eats.  Underwater recordings show the animals trawling the seabed and sucking up large shellfish before using their powerful mouths to crush them before swallowing.  This feeding mechanism has long been known, but has been hard to study and record due to the elusive nature of the animals.  Underwater recordings show the whitespotted eagle rays (pictured) trawling the seabed and sucking up large shellfish before using the powerful mouths...

Two female eagle rays have given birth to pups at an aquarium despite having no contact with a male in two years.  Nibble and Spot gave birth at the same time as each other on New Year's Eve without a male companion, intriguing aquarists and scientists.   The two females reside in the Fish Tunnel display at SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium in Auckland, New Zealand, which currently does not house a male eagle ray. Aquarium staff are trying to work out whether the pups were conceived through a process called parthenogenesis known as a 'virgin birth' or by sperm storage. 

Press Release – Sea Life Kelly Tarltons Auckland A fever of eagle ray pups has arrived at SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium! The baby rays were born on New Year’s Eve and are being monitored closely by the aquarium’s aquarists. The pups were born to two mothers who both reside in the Fish Tunnel display, which does not currently house a male eagle ray. The team says there are two ways the female eagle rays, named Nibble and Spot, could have conceived the pups; “Whilst we were surprised to see Nibble and Spot give birth to pups because they haven’t been with a male in two years, it...