🎥 Trailer | Where Devils Return

Watch the trailer now and mark your calendars for the premiere:

📅 29 January 2026
⏰ 8:00pm GMT
📍 Visit the link to the Manta Trust YouTube channel and click the “Notify Me” button to join our live premiere this Thursday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw0h...

📣 New Research Alert!

✍️ A new study led by the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group provides a comprehensive assessment of Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) in the Western Indian Ocean.

📖 Read the full study on our Research Portal: research.mantatrust.org/cochran-et-a...

The full wolf moon just rising from the eastern horizon

Germany | 16.25 CET

#fullmoon #wolfmoon #nightsky #astronomy

🎁 Whether for yourself, a friend, or a loved one, our digital adoption packs make the perfect gift - an opportunity to learn about these gentle giants, whilst supporting global efforts to research and protect them.

🔗 www.mantatrust.org/adopt-a-manta

Great news: All manta and devil ray species have been listed under CITES Appendix I today!
All international commercial trade of manta and devil rays and products such as their gill plates is illegal now.

Picture: From my private-run Ocean & Reefs Project.

#endangeredanimals #mantarays #devilrays

📣 Historic win! All 10 species of manta & devil rays are now CITES Appendix I, banning all international commercial trade.

Read the full press release for more: www.mantatrust.org/historic-glo...

Manta Trust patron David Oakes is at CITES CoP20 explaining why CITES is vital and why manta & devil rays need the highest protection under Appendix I.

🔗 Visit our website to learn more about manta and devil rays, and the threats they face: www.mantatrust.org

Last night‘s half moon
Nov 12th, 2025, around 3 am, 7 days after the supermoon

Canon EOS 350D + 200 mm Zoom lens

#moon #halfmoon #astronomy #nightsky
#mond

Coral Reefs Face Inevitable Decline from Climate Change As climate change continues to unfold with alarming rapidity, its impacts resonate across the globe, leaving no ecosystem untouched. One of the most devastated environments is underwater ecosystems,

🪸 Global #CoralReefs face near-inevitable decline as #OceanWarming pushes bleaching beyond recovery thresholds.

Even under optimistic climate scenarios, widespread degradation is expected by 2100, underscoring the urgency of combining emission cuts with targeted reef resilience strategies.

Let’s welcome the beaver moon!
The full moon in November is also called the beaver moon, a traditional native American name, describing the time of the year when beavers are busy with building their winter darns.

Camera: Canon EOS 350D
f= 195 mm | 1/800 s | ISO 100

#moon #fullmoon #beavermoon

We witnessed how 2 coral species became functionally extinct off Florida | Column The corals have joined the ranks of the California condor; they cannot recover without help.

We witnessed how 2 coral species became functionally extinct off Florida | Column

⚠️ All manta and devil rays are now threatened with extinction, which is driven by targeted fishing, the gill plate trade, and the false promise of “sustainable” catch.

The time to act is NOW. Be part of our #SaveTheMantas campaign and make your voice heard!

🔗 www.mantatrust.org/save-the-man...

Autumn migration of the common crane (Grus grus)
Herbstzug der Kraniche
Video from this evening, Oct 26th, 2025, in Frankfurt, Germany.

#commoncrane #grusgrus #migratorybirds #kraniche #kranichzug #nature #birds

📣 New Science Alert!

Bycatch in tropical tuna fisheries is a major threat to manta and devil rays. A new study by Cronin et al. (2025) explores a fisher-designed solution: the mobulid sorting grid, which allows rapid and safe release of these rays.

🔗 research.mantatrust.org/publications

POSITIVE NEWS 🗣️

Green turtles move from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Least concern’ on the IUCN Red List, thanks to decades of hard work by conservationists globally.

Read the full assessment - iucnredlist.org/fr/species/4615/285108125

Footage from Open Planet / @brendangodley.bsky.social

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a closeup of bivalve shells. text overlaid in a bold white font: Clam shells sound warning of Atlantic ‘tipping point’. New Uni of Exeter study finds evidence of "stability loss"

Clam shells sound warning of Atlantic ‘tipping point'.
New research from @exeter.ac.uk using centuries-old clam shells has found signs that key Atlantic Ocean currents may be losing stability.

Full paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

🦑🐟🧪🌐🌍🌊 #AcademicSky @uniofexeternews.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: All oceanic devil rays are now Critically Endangered.

🤝 Be part of our #SaveTheMantas campaign:
✔️ Sign the petition: only.one/act/cites-2025
✔️ Grab a campaign T-shirt, snap a photo, and share it on our campaign page: mantatrust.org/save-the-mantas

Some of our ocean’s most iconic species are vanishing — whale sharks, oceanic whitetip sharks, manta and devil rays.

Join us in calling for action. Sign the petition today: only.one/act/cites-2025

#CITESCoP20 #SaveTheMantas

Happy World Manta Day!

Predicted in 2009 by Dr. Andrea Marshall, but formally recognized & described in 2025, Mobula yarae became the third manta ray species. What are the scientific names for the other two species?

September 17th is World Manta Day, a day to raise awareness about these majestic but endangered rays.
Targeted catch and bycatch in fisheries are responsible for a global decline of manta ray populations.
High time to better protect these gentle giants!

#mantarays #worldmantaday

Happy World Manta Day from the IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group!

There are three species of mantas around the world! The largest one, the Oceanic Manta Ray, can reach a huge 700 cm disc width and it is known for its elegance and intelligence.

© IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group and Eloisa Pinheiro

Menorca North Coast this evening

It’s the northern end of the Balearic Islands.

#menorca #menorcabiosherereserve
#mediterraneansea

Star constellation Corona Borealis
Northern Crown | Nördliche Krone

June 22nd; 2025 |. 02.22 CEST
Frankfurt, Germany

#starconstellation #coronaborealis #northerncrown

Summer solstice on the northern hemisphere, the time of long bright evenings is here.
Picture from 50 degrees northern lattitude (Germany) at 21.39 CEST sunset time.
#summersolstice #sommersonnenwende

image showing small fishing boats in Asia. Text overlayed reads 'new research. a synthesis of research into marine small-scale fishers' operational behaviour. warner et al 2025 marine policy'

NEW RESEARCH lead by Exeter Marine researchers assesses the global research on small scale fisheries behaviour and reveals just how young and limited the data really is.

👉 Full paper in Marine Policy - doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

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#AcademicSky #Fisheries #MarinePolicy

New paper on marine turtle conservation shows insights into global populations and more... 🐢

Read the full paper: doi.org/10.3354/esr01385

@brendangodley.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social
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#AcademicSky #SeaTurtles

Webb telescope detects a possible signature of life on a distant world A molecule detected on a planet 124 light-years away is produced on Earth by decaying phytoplankton and other microbes. There is no other known source.

Why in the world would anyone cut funds for science, education, and medical research when there's so much cool stuff still waiting to be discovered out there?!
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#GoodNews #GoodNewsToo #science #education #progress #pro-democracy #resist

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Bluesky is no real alternative to Instagram.
Pictures can simply be downloaded by everyone.
The NGOs I am connected with are not here, the people I know are not here.

Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu housereef from the beach.
Baa Atoll, Maldives.
One of my most visited reefs in the Maldives since 2008.

#ocean #maldives #coralreef
#baaatoll #snorkeling

Sunrise in the Maldives
Baa Atoll

#maldives #baaatoll #sunrise
#ocean #baaatollbiospherereserve