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 ...

Each summer, schools of cownose rays migrate up the Chesapeake Bay to birth pups and mate, their wings rising like shark fins and startling swimmers. The ancient species attracted little interest ...

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 ...

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," ...

Scientists and Chesapeake Bay experts met Thursday to discuss the future of the cownose ray and whether contests using the species should be banned.Shocking doesn't begin to describe the undercover ...

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 ...

There’s a lot going on with the cownose ray species and Mote Marine Aquarium was pleased to find a new pup had been born on Wednesday morning inside the Ray Tray touch pool. The distinct lobes on the ...

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 ...

Cownose rays are no strangers to the Chesapeake Bay – in fact, they’ve been labeled the “bad boys of the bay” for their reputation for hoovering up shellfish en masse, to the dismay of oyster farmers.