Giant Stingray Captured on Film: Smalleye Stingray Sighted

For the first time ever a giant stingray has been sighted off the coast of Mozambique and been captured on film; the species was only discovered in 1908 off Tofo in southern Mozambique. The smalleye stingray is the largest of all the species of stingray, as it is over 2...

Giant Freshwater Stingray caught in Thailand

A Giant Freshwater Stingray, weighing 771 lbs was caught in Thailand yesterday and is easily the 'largest freshwater fish ever caught'. It is also pregnant." Catching the giant stingray was an ordeal that last over 90 minutes but Ian Welch felt it was well worth it. At 7ft...

Beware The Stingray!

Stingrays will always remind us of Steve Irwin, the 'Crocodile Hunter,' won't they? Here is a story of a record-breaking stingray. " A record-breaking stingray capture, by the numbers: 1 rod and line 90 minutes...

Mekong Giant Catfish

"This stingray (Himantura Chaophraya) measured 4.2 meters in length and was too massive to weigh. Reported to grow to 1,000 pounds, this fish is the largest that I've seen in the Mekong River. For the 2004...

34 Stingrays Die At Calgary Zoo

The Calgary Zoo has lost 34 stringrays due to unknown reasons. The stingrays became sick early one morning and few remained by the end of the day. This is a traumatic blow to the zoo, and it is working hard to...

Is There Such a Thing as a Funny Death?

To an extent, news functions as entertainment, whether we admit it or not. However, the old adage remains true: if it bleeds, it leads. So, what happens when we read a news story that A) doesn't affect us...

Florida Woman Killed In Freak StingRay Incident

Florida Woman Killed In Freak Sting Ray Incident Is Nature lashing out at humans due to our poor stewardship of the environment?  I actually heard this argument recently,  the attacks from the...

The late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is being honoured with a new wildlife r...

"Steve Honoured With Wildlife Reserve Updated: 09:27, Monday July 23, 2007 The late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin is being honoured with a new wildlife reserve in the Australian outback. A 333,000-acre chunk of land, near Weipa in the far north of Irwin's home state of...

Corvette Stingray

Information about the Corvette stingray and different year models of the Corvette stingray.A guide to the Corvette Stingray and the history of the Corvette Stingray.Information on the history of the Corvette stingray.

Fla. boater stabbed in chest by stingray (AP)

" LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. - An 81-year-old boater was in critical condition Thursday after a stingray flopped onto his boat and stabbed him, leaving a foot-long barb in his chest, authorities said. "It was a freak accident," said Lighthouse Point acting fire Chief David...

Irwin death film 'will never air'

"Footage of Australian naturalist Steve Irwin's death will never be broadcast, his widow Terri has said in her first interview since his 4 September death."

Crocodile hunter 'believed he would die early'

"Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin always felt he would die early but that it would be a car wreck, not an animal, that killed him, the widow of the daredevil TV star and conservationist said today. In her first interview since Irwin died from the jab of a stingray on September 4,...

Australia stands still for Steve Irwin's memorial - Guardian Unlimited

" Australia pays tribute to Irwin Emotional farewell to 'crocodile hunter' Obituary: Len Evans Open door Briton sparks second outback emergency Irwin's death sparks bout of stingray mutilations Australian press giants oppose media shakeup Stingray mutilations prompt Irwin...

Australia stands still for Steve Irwin's memorial - Guardian Unlimited

" Australia pays tribute to Irwin Emotional farewell to 'crocodile hunter' Obituary: Len Evans Open door Briton sparks second outback emergency Irwin's death sparks bout of stingray mutilations Australian press giants oppose media shakeup Stingray mutilations prompt Irwin...

Are Aussie vigilantes behind stingray deaths? - National Post

" Article Tools Printer friendly E-mail Font: * * * * SYDNEY - Fans seeking to avenge the death of Steve Irwin, the Australian wildlife celebrity, may be killing stingrays and cutting off their deadly tails, a conservationist said yesterday. Mr. Irwin, the...

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