📖 A landmark global study led by the Manta Trust and a network of international experts has revealed the first scientifically robust estimate of manta and devil ray (mobulid) mortality worldwide - an alarming 265,000 individuals killed every year.

🔗 research.mantatrust.org/laglbauer-et...

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📖 A new study by Laglbauer et al. (2025) finds manta and devil rays at serious risk, with ~265,000 killed each year, mostly in small-scale fisheries.

#SaveTheMantas: www.mantatrust.org/save-the-man...
Petition: only.one/act/cites-2025
Read the study: research.mantatrust.org/laglbauer-et...

💡Ale's PhD project focuses on the use and design of molecular tools to aid conservation management of manta and devil rays. She shared insights into the global population connectivity patterns of two critically-endangered heavily-traded devil ray species #MantaTrust #EEA2025

🌊 Atlantine's PhD research maps movement & feeding ecology of endangered Atlantic pygmy devil rays using acoustic/satellite tags, stable isotopes, fecal DNA & citizen science. filling key knowledge gaps for the species' conservation in the northern Gulf of Mexico #devilray #GulfofMexico #EEA2025

If you like genomics, speciation, and primates, this PhD position is for you! Unraveling the genomic architecture of speciation and gene flow in guenons, a diverse group of African monkeys. Funding through DTP. Do reach out with questions! #genomics #genome_assembly
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