Mystic Aquarium recently offered a behind-the-scenes look at a routine health exam on one of its cownose ... ray is anesthetized while aquarium teams conduct a thorough assessment. This includes ...

Chesapeake Bay watermen have long viewed the cownose ray as a pest, preying on a vulnerable oyster population. Their contempt even inspired tournaments of bow-wielding ray hunters — a practice ...

It's Cownose Ray Hump Day here at the Press-Register. P-R Environmental writer and personal buddy Ben Raines had a fascinating Sunday front page story on the invasion of Mobile Bay by cownose ...

Charli Holland, 16, of New Market said she was horrified after she learned about cownose ray tournaments on the ... hoping it will gain enough traction to draw notice from Hogan.

Listen Photo by Citron / CC-BY-SA-3.0) " title="ray" width="1" height="1"/> Photo by Citron / CC-BY-SA-3.0) " title="ray" width="1" height="1"/> Cownose rays were ...

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 ...

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 ...

Animal rights organizations, including the Humane Society, Animal Welfare Institute and the Save the Rays coalition, on Tuesday testified in favor of Senate Bill 268, which would ban cownose ray ...

“Further tests confirmed she had chronic lymphocytic leukemia, making her case only the second reported instance of this cancer in a cownose ray.” Since Dominica’s early diagnosis, she has ...