Discover strange facts about rays: manta rays, stingrays, electric rays, eagle rays, and the cartilaginous fish that glide through oceans like underwater birds.

Manta rays have 7-meter wingspans and the largest brains of any fish. Expert guide to these intelligent filter-feeders and why they recognize themselves in mirrors.

Discover the fascinating world of rays and skates, from giant manta rays with 23-foot wingspans and mirror self-recognition to electric rays generating 220 volts. Expert-written guide covering 600+ species, stingray biology, eagle rays, critically endangered sawfish, devil rays, the gill plate trade

Everything about the giant oceanic manta ray: size, habitat, filter feeding, cleaning stations, breaching, reproduction, and the strange facts that make Mobula birostris the largest ray on Earth.

Everything about the southern stingray: size, habitat, venomous tail barb, electroreceptor hunting, reproduction, conservation, and the strange facts that make Hypanus americanus one of the most famous rays on Earth.

Everything about the Atlantic torpedo ray: size, habitat, 220 volt electric shock, hunting behaviour, reproduction, ancient medical use, and the strange facts that make Torpedo nobiliana one of the most electrifying fish in the ocean.

Everything about the spotted eagle ray: size, habitat, leaping behaviour, shell-crushing diet, reproduction, and the strange facts that make Aetobatus narinari one of the Atlantic's most distinctive rays.