One of last summer’s strandings — a 7-foot-3-inch fish in Gearhart — proved to be a rare hoodwinker sunfish, Mola tecta. New ...

"Perhaps a call to action for both travelers and local communities." Endangered ocean species surprises locals with ...

A mola mola, or ocean sunfish, has been discovered washed up dead on an Oregon beach, the Seaside Aquarium reported. The ...

A large ocean sunfish, measuring over six feet long, recently washed ashore on the Oregon Coast, according to the Seaside ...

When we think of the ocean, what often comes to mind are familiar sights– coral reefs, fishing boats, and waves breaking ...

As soon as he saw the hulking, bone-white carcass of an ocean sunfish sloshing in the waves offshore of the Azores archipelago, José Nuno Gomes-Pereira suspected the animal might be a record ...

They can grow to weigh over 2 thousand pounds when fully grown, which makes them the largest species of bony fish in the entire world. "This is how big I thought the angler fish was," admitted a ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s Fisheries Research Institute said Monday that sunfish have a more diverse diet than previously thought, extending beyond their staple food, jellyfish. The sunfish ...

The study found that species of ocean sunfish exhibit resource partitioning, relying on food sources to reduce competition, per CNA. For instance, the slender mola showed no traces of jellyfish in its ...

“Ocean sunfish are a unique family of fish found all over the world. There are five species, all of which have been identified in South African waters. Until recently, very little has been known ...

Carson told McClatchy News the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance often refers to ocean sunfish as a “misfit” species because “no other organization will take them on. ...