Manta Trust
@mantatrust.bsky.social
Coordinating global efforts to research & conserve manta and devil rays, and their habitats.
🥰 We’re thrilled by all the incredibly positive feedback on our new documentary 'Where Devils Return'!
🔗 The film has recently been featured in Oceanographic Magazine, Divernet, and The Smiley Movement: www.mantatrust.org/news-and-media
Watch the documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw0h...
🔗 The film has recently been featured in Oceanographic Magazine, Divernet, and The Smiley Movement: www.mantatrust.org/news-and-media
Watch the documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw0h...
February 13, 2026 at 8:24 AM
🥰 We’re thrilled by all the incredibly positive feedback on our new documentary 'Where Devils Return'!
🔗 The film has recently been featured in Oceanographic Magazine, Divernet, and The Smiley Movement: www.mantatrust.org/news-and-media
Watch the documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw0h...
🔗 The film has recently been featured in Oceanographic Magazine, Divernet, and The Smiley Movement: www.mantatrust.org/news-and-media
Watch the documentary here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw0h...
🌪️ Join The Manta Trust Cyclone Membership and become part of a movement driving manta and devil ray conservation worldwide.
🔗 Join the Cyclone today: www.mantatrust.org/the-cyclone
🔗 Join the Cyclone today: www.mantatrust.org/the-cyclone
February 12, 2026 at 9:27 PM
🌪️ Join The Manta Trust Cyclone Membership and become part of a movement driving manta and devil ray conservation worldwide.
🔗 Join the Cyclone today: www.mantatrust.org/the-cyclone
🔗 Join the Cyclone today: www.mantatrust.org/the-cyclone
💘 Looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift?
Did you know you can adopt or even name and adopt a manta ray? It’s Manta-be! 🥰
🔗 Visit our website to see the full list of Maldivian manta rays up for adoption: www.mantatrust.org/adopt-a-manta
Did you know you can adopt or even name and adopt a manta ray? It’s Manta-be! 🥰
🔗 Visit our website to see the full list of Maldivian manta rays up for adoption: www.mantatrust.org/adopt-a-manta
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
💘 Looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift?
Did you know you can adopt or even name and adopt a manta ray? It’s Manta-be! 🥰
🔗 Visit our website to see the full list of Maldivian manta rays up for adoption: www.mantatrust.org/adopt-a-manta
Did you know you can adopt or even name and adopt a manta ray? It’s Manta-be! 🥰
🔗 Visit our website to see the full list of Maldivian manta rays up for adoption: www.mantatrust.org/adopt-a-manta
🗓️ Save the date!
🎥 Join us for the first episode of this year’s Manta Trust Webinar Series, hosted in collaboration with Fish Free February. We’ll be joined by Irianies Gozali, leader of the Mobula Project Indonesia’s Sustainable Seafood Network!
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🎥 Join us for the first episode of this year’s Manta Trust Webinar Series, hosted in collaboration with Fish Free February. We’ll be joined by Irianies Gozali, leader of the Mobula Project Indonesia’s Sustainable Seafood Network!
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 5, 2026 at 7:53 AM
🗓️ Save the date!
🎥 Join us for the first episode of this year’s Manta Trust Webinar Series, hosted in collaboration with Fish Free February. We’ll be joined by Irianies Gozali, leader of the Mobula Project Indonesia’s Sustainable Seafood Network!
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🎥 Join us for the first episode of this year’s Manta Trust Webinar Series, hosted in collaboration with Fish Free February. We’ll be joined by Irianies Gozali, leader of the Mobula Project Indonesia’s Sustainable Seafood Network!
Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join our Webinar on 10 February!
🦈 Seafood, Sustainability, and Manta & Devil Ray Conservation Insights from Mobula Project Indonesia (Episode 1: 2026 Manta Trust Webinar Series)
📍Online (zoom)
🗓️ 10 February 2026 | 10 AM GMT
🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/.../register...
🦈 Seafood, Sustainability, and Manta & Devil Ray Conservation Insights from Mobula Project Indonesia (Episode 1: 2026 Manta Trust Webinar Series)
📍Online (zoom)
🗓️ 10 February 2026 | 10 AM GMT
🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/.../register...
February 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Join our Webinar on 10 February!
🦈 Seafood, Sustainability, and Manta & Devil Ray Conservation Insights from Mobula Project Indonesia (Episode 1: 2026 Manta Trust Webinar Series)
📍Online (zoom)
🗓️ 10 February 2026 | 10 AM GMT
🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/.../register...
🦈 Seafood, Sustainability, and Manta & Devil Ray Conservation Insights from Mobula Project Indonesia (Episode 1: 2026 Manta Trust Webinar Series)
📍Online (zoom)
🗓️ 10 February 2026 | 10 AM GMT
🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/.../register...
☀️ Join the Manta Caribbean Project this year, and develop hands-on experience in manta ray research and conservation! This opportunity is open to students, professionals, or anybody interested in learning about manta and devil ray research and conservation.
🔗 www.mantacaribbeanproject.org
🔗 www.mantacaribbeanproject.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
☀️ Join the Manta Caribbean Project this year, and develop hands-on experience in manta ray research and conservation! This opportunity is open to students, professionals, or anybody interested in learning about manta and devil ray research and conservation.
🔗 www.mantacaribbeanproject.org
🔗 www.mantacaribbeanproject.org
🦈 Seafood, Sustainability, and Manta & Devil Ray Conservation Insights from Mobula Project Indonesia (Episode 1: 2026 Manta Trust Webinar Series)
📍Online (zoom)
🗓️ 10 February 2026 | 10 AM GMT
🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📍Online (zoom)
🗓️ 10 February 2026 | 10 AM GMT
🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 3, 2026 at 8:28 AM
🦈 Seafood, Sustainability, and Manta & Devil Ray Conservation Insights from Mobula Project Indonesia (Episode 1: 2026 Manta Trust Webinar Series)
📍Online (zoom)
🗓️ 10 February 2026 | 10 AM GMT
🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
📍Online (zoom)
🗓️ 10 February 2026 | 10 AM GMT
🔗 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🎥 Watch our new short documentary on YouTube now!
🌊 Where Devils Return is a short documentary filmed in the Azores, one of the few places on Earth where endangered sicklefin devil rays gather in seasonal groups.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw0h...
🌊 Where Devils Return is a short documentary filmed in the Azores, one of the few places on Earth where endangered sicklefin devil rays gather in seasonal groups.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw0h...
Where Devils Return | Devil Rays of the Azores
Where Devils Return is a short documentary filmed in the Azores, one of the few places on Earth where endangered sicklefin devil rays gather in seasonal groups.
At Ambrósio Seamount, off Santa Maria…
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
🎥 Watch our new short documentary on YouTube now!
🌊 Where Devils Return is a short documentary filmed in the Azores, one of the few places on Earth where endangered sicklefin devil rays gather in seasonal groups.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw0h...
🌊 Where Devils Return is a short documentary filmed in the Azores, one of the few places on Earth where endangered sicklefin devil rays gather in seasonal groups.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw0h...
🌊 We’re excited to launch our new design, created as part of the Azores Devil Ray Research Expedition. The design is inspired by a community mural painted during the expedition by Rebecca Carter, celebrating Santa Maria’s importance for sicklefin devil rays.
shopmantatrust.org/azores-devil...
shopmantatrust.org/azores-devil...
January 28, 2026 at 7:44 PM
🌊 We’re excited to launch our new design, created as part of the Azores Devil Ray Research Expedition. The design is inspired by a community mural painted during the expedition by Rebecca Carter, celebrating Santa Maria’s importance for sicklefin devil rays.
shopmantatrust.org/azores-devil...
shopmantatrust.org/azores-devil...
🎥 We’re excited to share these scenes with you soon!
Where Devils Return takes us to the Azores, where one of the world’s most threatened ray species gathers in one of the Atlantic’s most remarkable marine environments.
📅 29 January 2026
⏰ 8:00pm GMT
🔗 lnkd.in/dXSi2sSE
Where Devils Return takes us to the Azores, where one of the world’s most threatened ray species gathers in one of the Atlantic’s most remarkable marine environments.
📅 29 January 2026
⏰ 8:00pm GMT
🔗 lnkd.in/dXSi2sSE
January 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM
🎥 We’re excited to share these scenes with you soon!
Where Devils Return takes us to the Azores, where one of the world’s most threatened ray species gathers in one of the Atlantic’s most remarkable marine environments.
📅 29 January 2026
⏰ 8:00pm GMT
🔗 lnkd.in/dXSi2sSE
Where Devils Return takes us to the Azores, where one of the world’s most threatened ray species gathers in one of the Atlantic’s most remarkable marine environments.
📅 29 January 2026
⏰ 8:00pm GMT
🔗 lnkd.in/dXSi2sSE
🎥 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...
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...
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
🎥 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...
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...
💙 Adopt a Manta!
🎁 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.
🔗 bit.ly/2IWubme
🎁 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.
🔗 bit.ly/2IWubme
January 22, 2026 at 1:16 PM
💙 Adopt a Manta!
🎁 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.
🔗 bit.ly/2IWubme
🎁 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.
🔗 bit.ly/2IWubme
Run Like a...Manta?
🏃Explore our featured events or sign up for a RunForCharity place on our website – and if your event isn’t listed, just get in touch, and we’ll help you find the perfect challenge.
🔗 www.mantatrust.org/sporting-cha...
🏃Explore our featured events or sign up for a RunForCharity place on our website – and if your event isn’t listed, just get in touch, and we’ll help you find the perfect challenge.
🔗 www.mantatrust.org/sporting-cha...
January 21, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Run Like a...Manta?
🏃Explore our featured events or sign up for a RunForCharity place on our website – and if your event isn’t listed, just get in touch, and we’ll help you find the perfect challenge.
🔗 www.mantatrust.org/sporting-cha...
🏃Explore our featured events or sign up for a RunForCharity place on our website – and if your event isn’t listed, just get in touch, and we’ll help you find the perfect challenge.
🔗 www.mantatrust.org/sporting-cha...
📣 Historic High Seas Treaty enters into force!
🙌 This day marks a major advance in global ocean governance and supports international commitments to halt biodiversity loss and protect 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030.
🙌 This day marks a major advance in global ocean governance and supports international commitments to halt biodiversity loss and protect 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030.
January 17, 2026 at 7:58 AM
📣 Historic High Seas Treaty enters into force!
🙌 This day marks a major advance in global ocean governance and supports international commitments to halt biodiversity loss and protect 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030.
🙌 This day marks a major advance in global ocean governance and supports international commitments to halt biodiversity loss and protect 30 per cent of the ocean by 2030.
📣 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...
✍️ 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...
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
📣 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...
✍️ 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...
💪 Turn your fitness goals into real-world impact by taking on a challenge inspired by manta rays! Whether it’s a 5K, marathon, trek, or obstacle course, every mile you cover helps protect manta rays, their relatives, and the habitats they depend on worldwide.
🔗 www.mantatrust.org/sporting-cha...
🔗 www.mantatrust.org/sporting-cha...
January 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
💪 Turn your fitness goals into real-world impact by taking on a challenge inspired by manta rays! Whether it’s a 5K, marathon, trek, or obstacle course, every mile you cover helps protect manta rays, their relatives, and the habitats they depend on worldwide.
🔗 www.mantatrust.org/sporting-cha...
🔗 www.mantatrust.org/sporting-cha...
📣 Join our team!
🏝️ We’re excited to announce that applications for a field research internship with the Maldives Manta Conservation Programme (MMCP) in 2026 are now open!
🔗 For more information about the role and requirements, or to apply, visit our website: www.mantatrust.org/careers
🏝️ We’re excited to announce that applications for a field research internship with the Maldives Manta Conservation Programme (MMCP) in 2026 are now open!
🔗 For more information about the role and requirements, or to apply, visit our website: www.mantatrust.org/careers
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 PM
📣 Join our team!
🏝️ We’re excited to announce that applications for a field research internship with the Maldives Manta Conservation Programme (MMCP) in 2026 are now open!
🔗 For more information about the role and requirements, or to apply, visit our website: www.mantatrust.org/careers
🏝️ We’re excited to announce that applications for a field research internship with the Maldives Manta Conservation Programme (MMCP) in 2026 are now open!
🔗 For more information about the role and requirements, or to apply, visit our website: www.mantatrust.org/careers
🤿 Join Us to Study Sicklefin Devil Rays
Join us in the Azores and become part of a conservation-focused expedition where tourism directly supports science - and where every dive contributes to a deeper understanding of these remarkable rays.
🔗 www.mantaexpeditions.com/azores
Join us in the Azores and become part of a conservation-focused expedition where tourism directly supports science - and where every dive contributes to a deeper understanding of these remarkable rays.
🔗 www.mantaexpeditions.com/azores
January 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
🤿 Join Us to Study Sicklefin Devil Rays
Join us in the Azores and become part of a conservation-focused expedition where tourism directly supports science - and where every dive contributes to a deeper understanding of these remarkable rays.
🔗 www.mantaexpeditions.com/azores
Join us in the Azores and become part of a conservation-focused expedition where tourism directly supports science - and where every dive contributes to a deeper understanding of these remarkable rays.
🔗 www.mantaexpeditions.com/azores
🌪️ Cyclone Magazine: Issue 4 is Live
Available exclusively to Cyclone Members, this Magazine brings you closer to the world of manta and devil ray conservation. Each issue is packed with in-depth stories, stunning photography, and behind-the-scenes insights from our global work!
🔗 bit.ly/2O5T5CA
Available exclusively to Cyclone Members, this Magazine brings you closer to the world of manta and devil ray conservation. Each issue is packed with in-depth stories, stunning photography, and behind-the-scenes insights from our global work!
🔗 bit.ly/2O5T5CA
January 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
🌪️ Cyclone Magazine: Issue 4 is Live
Available exclusively to Cyclone Members, this Magazine brings you closer to the world of manta and devil ray conservation. Each issue is packed with in-depth stories, stunning photography, and behind-the-scenes insights from our global work!
🔗 bit.ly/2O5T5CA
Available exclusively to Cyclone Members, this Magazine brings you closer to the world of manta and devil ray conservation. Each issue is packed with in-depth stories, stunning photography, and behind-the-scenes insights from our global work!
🔗 bit.ly/2O5T5CA
🤿 As interest in devil rays grows in the Azores, so does the responsibility to protect them. By working with local tour operators to implement a Code of Conduct grounded in global best practice, the Santa Maria community is demonstrating how tourism and conservation can move forward together.
December 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
🤿 As interest in devil rays grows in the Azores, so does the responsibility to protect them. By working with local tour operators to implement a Code of Conduct grounded in global best practice, the Santa Maria community is demonstrating how tourism and conservation can move forward together.
🎄 Happy Holidays from the Manta Trust!
As we reflect on the past year, we are immensely grateful for the support of our incredible community!
🎨 This illustration is still one of our favourites! Made by Japan Manta Project leader, Rika Ozaki.
As we reflect on the past year, we are immensely grateful for the support of our incredible community!
🎨 This illustration is still one of our favourites! Made by Japan Manta Project leader, Rika Ozaki.
December 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🎄 Happy Holidays from the Manta Trust!
As we reflect on the past year, we are immensely grateful for the support of our incredible community!
🎨 This illustration is still one of our favourites! Made by Japan Manta Project leader, Rika Ozaki.
As we reflect on the past year, we are immensely grateful for the support of our incredible community!
🎨 This illustration is still one of our favourites! Made by Japan Manta Project leader, Rika Ozaki.
📣 New Article Alert!
📖 Visit our News & Media page to access the full Scuba Diving Magazine article, and explore more Manta Trust features in the news: lnkd.in/grz8hV-V
🔬 Read the full study on our Research Portal: lnkd.in/gUMF4gN7
🖊️ Jasmine Corbett
📖 Visit our News & Media page to access the full Scuba Diving Magazine article, and explore more Manta Trust features in the news: lnkd.in/grz8hV-V
🔬 Read the full study on our Research Portal: lnkd.in/gUMF4gN7
🖊️ Jasmine Corbett
December 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
📣 New Article Alert!
📖 Visit our News & Media page to access the full Scuba Diving Magazine article, and explore more Manta Trust features in the news: lnkd.in/grz8hV-V
🔬 Read the full study on our Research Portal: lnkd.in/gUMF4gN7
🖊️ Jasmine Corbett
📖 Visit our News & Media page to access the full Scuba Diving Magazine article, and explore more Manta Trust features in the news: lnkd.in/grz8hV-V
🔬 Read the full study on our Research Portal: lnkd.in/gUMF4gN7
🖊️ Jasmine Corbett
✍️ A review of manta and devil ray courtship and mating
📊 This study compiled 87 new photographic and video records of courtship and mating behaviour from 18 countries, using internet searches, social media footage, literature and engagement with the scientific community.
👉 lnkd.in/gUMF4gN7
📊 This study compiled 87 new photographic and video records of courtship and mating behaviour from 18 countries, using internet searches, social media footage, literature and engagement with the scientific community.
👉 lnkd.in/gUMF4gN7
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
✍️ A review of manta and devil ray courtship and mating
📊 This study compiled 87 new photographic and video records of courtship and mating behaviour from 18 countries, using internet searches, social media footage, literature and engagement with the scientific community.
👉 lnkd.in/gUMF4gN7
📊 This study compiled 87 new photographic and video records of courtship and mating behaviour from 18 countries, using internet searches, social media footage, literature and engagement with the scientific community.
👉 lnkd.in/gUMF4gN7
📣 New Science Alert!
✍️ A new global study offers the most comprehensive global insight into manta and devil ray courtship and mating to date.
📖 Read the full study on our Research Portal: research.mantatrust.org/carpenter-et...
✍️ A new global study offers the most comprehensive global insight into manta and devil ray courtship and mating to date.
📖 Read the full study on our Research Portal: research.mantatrust.org/carpenter-et...
December 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
📣 New Science Alert!
✍️ A new global study offers the most comprehensive global insight into manta and devil ray courtship and mating to date.
📖 Read the full study on our Research Portal: research.mantatrust.org/carpenter-et...
✍️ A new global study offers the most comprehensive global insight into manta and devil ray courtship and mating to date.
📖 Read the full study on our Research Portal: research.mantatrust.org/carpenter-et...
🤿 Azores Devil Ray Research Expedition Episode 5
🖼️ Community engagement was a major focus of our recent expedition. We’re grateful to ExpoLab, OMA, Oceanario de Lisboa, the Vila do Porto municipality, and the people of Santa Maria for the education and outreach work we carried out together in July!
🖼️ Community engagement was a major focus of our recent expedition. We’re grateful to ExpoLab, OMA, Oceanario de Lisboa, the Vila do Porto municipality, and the people of Santa Maria for the education and outreach work we carried out together in July!
December 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🤿 Azores Devil Ray Research Expedition Episode 5
🖼️ Community engagement was a major focus of our recent expedition. We’re grateful to ExpoLab, OMA, Oceanario de Lisboa, the Vila do Porto municipality, and the people of Santa Maria for the education and outreach work we carried out together in July!
🖼️ Community engagement was a major focus of our recent expedition. We’re grateful to ExpoLab, OMA, Oceanario de Lisboa, the Vila do Porto municipality, and the people of Santa Maria for the education and outreach work we carried out together in July!