Butterfly Stingrays are relatively small and round with wing-like fins that make them appear to “fly” underwater.

Butterfly stingrays are one of several stingray species found in the Gulf. In Texas waters, you might also encounter southern stingrays, Atlantic stingrays, cownose rays and bluntnose stingrays.

Marine biologists have a little dance they call the "stingray shuffle." When walking in shallow water along sandy or muddy shores, they move slowly and noisily, splashing water and shaking their feet ...