Tag Archive for 'Stingray'

Live coloration of Neotrygon romeoi from around Fiji. Image credit: Glaus et al., doi: 10.1111/jfb.70094.

New Species of Blue-Spotted Maskray Discovered in Fiji

Jul 22, 2025 by News Staff

Marine scientists have identified a new species of the stingray genus Neotrygon living in Fijian waters. Live coloration of Neotrygon romeoi from around...

The upper (a) and lower (b) surfaces of the purported sand sculpture from South Africa. Image credit: Helm et al.

120,000-Year-Old Stingray Sand ‘Sculpture’ Found in South Africa

Apr 9, 2024 by News Staff

Nelson Mandela University researcher Charles Helm and his colleagues have found an intriguing rock about 30 km (18.6 miles) east of the South African Blombos...

Life reconstruction of Dasyomyliobatis thomyorkei swimming in the marine tropical shallow waters of the western Tethys about 50 million years ago. Image credit: Fabrizio Lavezzi.

50-Million-Year-Old Fossil Helps Clarify Origin of Pelagic Lifestyle and Durophagy in Stingrays

Nov 13, 2023 by Natali Anderson

Dasyomyliobatis thomyorkei is intermediate between the ‘rajobenthic’ and more derived ‘aquilopelagic’ stingrays, supporting the hypothesis that...

Ocellate river stingrays (Potamotrygon motoro) at Zoo Duisburg, Germany. Image credit: Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0.

New Research Shows Stingrays and Cichlid Fish Can Add and Subtract

Apr 1, 2022 by News Staff

In a new study, researchers at the University of Bonn’s Institute of Zoology examined the numerical understanding of cichlids and stingrays regarding...

Lessiniabatis aenigmatica from the Eocene of Bolca Lagerstätte. Scale bars – 10 cm. Image credit: Marrama et al, doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50544-y.

Eocene-Epoch Stingray Had Unique Body Plan

Oct 15, 2019 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new species of prehistoric stingray with an exceptional anatomy, which greatly differs from living species, has been identified from fossils found in...

An American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) caught a nurse shark in the Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel, Florida. Image credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Wildlife Biologists Find American Alligators Eat Small Sharks and Stingrays

Oct 18, 2017 by News Staff

A new study published in the journal Southeastern Naturalist is the first to document that American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) on the Atlantic...

Eulophophyllum kirki. Image credit: Peter Kirk.

Leaf-Mimicking Insect, Freshwater Stingray, Omnivorous Rat among ESF’s Top 10 Species of 2016

May 23, 2017 by News Staff

An international team of taxonomists led by experts at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) selected the top 10 from among the...