MIT engineers have discovered that the mobula ray, a type of filter-feeding aquatic ray, utilizes a unique mechanism to feed ...

Mobula rays are a family of aquatic rays that include several species of manta rays and devil rays. All these animals rely on ...

Filter feeders in the animal kingdom showcase a variety of strategies to capture food from water, from the intricate ...

Yet these tiny organisms — called plankton — may be unable to thrive in the rapidly warming oceans, according to a pair of new studies. The decline of these microscopic creatures puts huge ...

Researchers at MIT used 3D printed to develop water filters based on the geometries of manta ray filter-feeding systems.

MIT engineers 3D print water filters inspired by the plankton-filtering features of mobula rays - improving industrial water filtration.

A vortex is formed from this constant spinning mass, sucking in surrounding plankton that feeds all fish at the top and bottom of the column. Such a display, however, also attracts a range of ...

That vortex will, in fact ... That is a dead copepod, a type of marine plankton, and it's filled with parasites erratically swimming about. They gruesomely make their way into the plankton ...