A rare ocean sunfish has washed up on a beach in Oregon. But even at five feet long, the animal is still “relatively small” compared to other members of its species. That’s according to the ...

Ocean sunfish weighing an estimated 1,000 pounds shows resiliency after possible great white shark attack off Tasmania.

is known to reach more than twice the maximum weight of the ocean sunfish (M. mola), for which it is commonly mistaken. Both are elusive species, making data about them scarce. "These findings not ...

Identified as an ocean sunfish by experts, the 1.8m-long specimen was first spotted by a group of fishermen driving along the sand. At first, they mistook it for a large piece of driftwood ...

A diver on an expedition off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, captured stunning footage showing the moment another swam alongside a sunfish.Sea diving tour operator Luis Miguel Gutierres Bringas, ...

SHIMONOSEKI, Yamaguchi Prefecture--A sociable ocean sunfish that clearly missed its human audience and fell sick during renovations perked up after officials set up human cutouts at its aquarium here.

Since 2000, Thys and her colleagues have been traveling the world's oceans studying the giant ocean sunfish (mola). Though these fish can grow more than ten feet (three meters) long and weigh over ...

The ocean sunfish can grow up to 3.3 metres in length, weigh up to 2 tonnes, and are one of the heaviest known bony fishes in the world.

The sunfish family includes the world's largest living bony fish, comprising three genera and five species. The study found that species of ocean sunfish exhibit resource partitioning, relying on food ...