Commonly known as the cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus is a species of ray found in the western ... [+] Atlantic Ocean, from the Gulf of Mexico to the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States.

The cownose ray's tail functions as a sensory organ, acting like a fine-tuned antenna. Dissections and CT scans revealed tiny holes on the tail connected to a lateral line canal, a sensory system ...

A pair of marine biologists at Harvard University has found that one of the main purposes of the cownose ray's tail is to serve as a fine-tuned antenna. In their study published in the Proceedings ...

Two weeks ago, Miguel Cabrera hit a home run at Tropicana Field that landed in the Rays' cownose ray fish tank beyond the center field wall (see video below) and now PETA wants the tank closed ...