However, rays and skates belong to distinct orders. Rays are divided into one of three: Myliobatiformes (stingrays), Torpediniformes (electric rays), and Rhinopristiformes (shovelnose rays).

have conducted the most comprehensive sequencing yet of the complete DNA sequence of the little skate – which, like its better-known cousin, the stingray, has long been viewed as enigmatic ...

But the stingray? Until recently ... a thousand species of bony fish make some sort of noise, sharks, rays, and skates had, until now, been thought of as silent outliers. And that’s surprising ...

A North Carolina stingray's pregnancy is stirring a debate ... says other kinds of sharks, skates and rays have had these kinds of pregnancies happen in human care. Often, the trio of animals ...