Legislation was introduced Tuesday in Annapolis to end cownose ray fishing contests. In the summer of 2015, 11 News obtained video of the so-called Battle of the Rays fishing contest in which ...

The marketing slogan “Save the Bay, Eat a Ray” has been urging Virginians for years to eat cownose rays — considered a plague in the Chesapeake Bay because they gobble up bay scallops, clams and ...

Scientists and Chesapeake Bay experts met Thursday to discuss the future of the cownose ray and whether contests using the species should be banned.Shocking doesn't begin to describe the undercover ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources plans to take pending state legislation to temporarily halt the contest-fishing of cownose rays and public comments about banning cownose ray ...

Cownose rays are no strangers to the Chesapeake Bay – in fact, they’ve been labeled the “bad boys of the bay” for their reputation for hoovering up shellfish en masse, to the dismay of oyster farmers.

Each summer, schools of cownose rays migrate up the Chesapeake Bay to birth pups and mate, their wings rising like shark fins and startling swimmers. The ancient species attracted little interest ...

They are big creatures, and they travel together in big numbers. Now they're making their annual visit to the Jersey Shore, both annoying and entertaining swimmers. "They're here to stay right now," ...

Looking like giant leaves floating in the sea, thousands of Golden Rays are seen here gathering off the coast of Mexico. The spectacular scene was captured as the magnificent creatures made one of ...

Kai Ryssdal: Making your living on, or from the water has never been easy. Fishing can be dangerous. It’s sometimes not very profitable. Increasingly there are strict limits on how much fishermen can ...

After being hired for my first outdoors job I was chatting with the human resources person and somehow the topic turned to why Bill Clinton deserved a second term. So of course I calmly stated I was ...