After much consideration, we’ve decided to step away from X. While the platform has been a valuable space to share our work and connect with ocean advocates over the years, we believe our efforts are better focused elsewhere.

🎤 Listen to Ocean Women project co-leader, Zuna's, TEDx Talk! In her powerful TEDx talk, Zuna shares her journey, her drive to educate likeminded individuals, and the project’s achievements. buff.ly/86fODMB

🌪️ Cyclone Magazine: Issue 3 is now LIVE Available exclusively to Cyclone Members, Cyclone Magazine brings you closer to the world of manta and devil ray conservation. Your membership directly supports research and conservation efforts around the world. bit.ly/2O5T5CA

✨ Our Prize Draw is now CLOSED! 💙 A huge thank you to the 297 supporters who entered our Prize Draw. Together, you’ve helped raise £8,000 for our manta and devil ray research and conservation work! The winner will be notified by email within 2 days. 📸 Simon Hilbourne

📣 Celebrate World Manta Day by entering our INCREDIBLE prize draw! For just £2, you could win a 10-day dive or snorkel trip in the Maldives 🏝️ Every entry supports the Manta Trust’s mission to protect manta & devil rays. 🔗 buff.ly/9awA55S

🌊 Happy #WorldMantaDay! 🌎 Today, we celebrate manta and devil rays and raise awareness of the threats that these incredible marine species face.

Today is #WorldMantaDay a moment to celebrate these majestic, sentient creatures. But it’s also a moment to act. 📣 Help us send a global message to world leaders: manta and devil rays need urgent protection. Visit bit.ly/44g6tOP to get involved! 🎥 Manta Trust

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📣 The Power of Protection 📆 World Manta Day is returning on 17th September 2025! This special day has been created to celebrate manta rays and to raise awareness of the threats that these beautiful, mysterious, ocean giants face. 🔗 bit.ly/3XuOkYM

📣 Join Manta Trust and Lanka Environment Fund at Sharks International 2026 to build your skills in securing grants, engaging donors, and forming partnerships that drive measurable conservation results. 📅 3/5/26 | 08:30 - 12:30 📍 Colombo, Sri Lanka 👉 si2026.org/

🌊 Come and join us for an incredible Ocean Talk, hosted by Oceanographic Magazine and Finisterre, in London on 25 September 2025! 📍 Neal Street, London 🗓️ Thursday, September 25. 19:00 BST 🎟️ Tickets are limited - book now: buff.ly/UzTjmdk

World Manta Day is coming - 17 September 2025! 🔗 Visit the World Manta Day website to sign up for events: buff.ly/qavhxsh 🔗 Learn about our #SaveTheMantas Campaign: buff.ly/4RDTYCr 🔗 Get your #SaveTheMantas shirt: buff.ly/H2BzHKy

📣 New Manta Species Alert! 🔬 A recent taxonomic milestone has expanded our knowledge of manta rays. A new study by Bucair et al. (2025) has formally described the Atlantic manta ray (Mobula yarae) in Environmental Biology of Fishes. 📄 Full paper: bit.ly/4mQdKvu

🇵🇹 The Azores is one of the few places on earth where sicklefin devil rays gather in large groups. The presence of predictable aggregations at seamounts in the archipelago is therefore highly important, providing a unique opportunity to study these animals. 📸 Leila Scheltema

📣 New: Field Guide to Manta & Devil Rays of the World Designed for real-world use, this ring-bound, tough, and water-resistant guide is perfect for decks, fish markets, or customs offices. Available in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese! 🔗 buff.ly/Af4yhvP

🤿 This July, Manta Trust's Azores Devil Ray Research Expedition studied the threatened sicklefin devil ray (Mobula tarapacana) in Santa Maria 🇵🇹. 14 dives, 160 rays, new photo IDs, aerial surveys & 300+ people engaged through education & art. #DevilRays #Azores

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📸 With over 4000 sightings of now over 500 individual reef manta rays across Seychelles, the Seychelles Manta Ray Programme, (SMRP) is continuously expanding and evolving. Infographic by Kelsey Dickson | © Save Our Seas Foundation #ReefMantaRays #Seychelles

Are you ready to #SaveTheMantas? 🌊 📣 Show your support this World Manta Day (17 September) under the theme Power of Protection, and help push for a global trade ban to protect manta & devil rays at CITES CoP20. Visit buff.ly/beAPxqU to get involved.

🎫 Enter Our Prize Draw! To celebrate World Manta Day this September, we’re inviting you to take part in our incredible prize draw... 📸 (1,4, 6) Simon Hilbourne, (3,6) Guy Stevens, (5) Yaniu Mohamed, (5, 6) Jasmine Corbett & (5) Andy Ball 🔗 bit.ly/471it8A