The long structures seen in manta rays and their relatives function as an early warning system, rather than a defensive weapon.

Langlands said the best way for people to protect themselves from a stingray was to avoid them as much as possible in the first place. "Stingrays will only use the barbs on their tails when they ...

Nearing 2m in diameter, the fully grown short-tail — or smooth — stingray was only days earlier spotted in the shallows of ...

Next thing I knew, this huge tail came whipping out of the water ... to the right inner thigh near the groin and the 11cm barb from the stingray was protruding from the inner left side of his ...

Next thing I knew, this huge tail came whipping out of the water ... to the right inner thigh near the groin and the 11cm barb from the stingray was protruding from the inner left side of his ...

Eli Carroll was wading out to sea to drop some crayfish pots with a friend at Owahanga, 40 minutes south of Pongaroa, a few weeks ago when he unwittingly stood on a stingray in knee-deep water ...

The giant freshwater stingray may be the world’s largest ... Each ray has a sharp barb on the base of its tail that can easily penetrate human skin and bone, much like a hunting arrow.