Cape marigold flowers resemble large daisies with vibrant orange, yellow, purple, pink, or white ray petals surrounding a pollen-rich eye that attracts bees and butterflies.
Also in the Tuamotus, on the atoll of Tikehau, divers head out to Tuheiava Pass with Tikehau Diving for regular sightings of mantas at a cleaning station (pinnacles that draw large fish to have their gills, teeth, and carapaces cleaned by smaller ones).
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Terry Ward,
AFAR Media,
11 Sep. 2025
From freezer reshuffling to roadside inspections mid-journey to the Smithsonian, the manta’s journey to formal recognition was as dramatic as the discovery itself.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
Research has documented plastics in a variety of sharks (such as whale sharks, basking sharks, manta rays, Atlantic sharpnose sharks, and a few demersal sharks to name a few) across different habitats.
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