Six inches of water can be more dangerous than six feet of water. At least, this is the case when a stingray is lurking nearby. Case in point: Steve Irwin, Australia's seemingly invincible ...

Stingray teeth are flattened and made of modified placoid scales (also called dermal denticles). These are the same type of scales found on a shark’s body.  Do Stingrays Replace Teeth? Like ...

A stingray's swimming is much more unique, like a flag in the wind,” says Richard Bottom, a UB mechanical engineering graduate student participating in the research. Bottom and Iman Borazjani, UB ...

Young said stingray activity picks up when the water is warmer than usual. “Shuffle your feet when walking along the bottom to scare them away before they can be stepped on,” Young said.

A stingray's swimming is much more unique, like a flag in the wind," says Richard Bottom, a UB mechanical engineering graduate student participating in the research.

A stingray's swimming is much more unique, like a flag in the wind," says Richard Bottom, a UB mechanical engineering graduate student participating in the research.

BUFFALO, N.Y. ─ Stingrays swim through water with such ease that researchers from the University at Buffalo and Harvard University are studying how their movements could be used to design more agile ...