#  Scientists Finally Make Heads of Giant Stingray Tails 

 





January 29, 2025

 

 

Research from postdoc [Júlia Chaumel](https://www.juliachaumel.com) and MCZ Faculty-Curator [George Lauder](https://sites.harvard.edu/glauder/) finds the long structures seen in manta rays and their relatives function as an early warning system, rather than a defensive weapon.

[New York Times: Scientists Finally Make Heads of Giant Stingray Tails](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/science/stingray-tail-antenna.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare)

[Chaumel J, Lauder GV (2025) A hydrodynamic antenna: novel lateral line system in the tail of myliobatid stingrays. *Proc R So B* ](https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.2192)



 

 

 



 

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