A 6½-foot ocean sunfish washed ashore about a quarter-mile south of the Sunset Beach approach near Gearhart. Members of the genus Mola, these true bony fish — unlike sharks, which have only cartilage ...

"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 “monstrous” fish, measuring about 6 ½ feet long, was found near Sunset Beach, ...

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

IDFG officials said Farden’s catch broke the state record for the species. Riley Farden holds his record-breaking catch. (Idaho Fish and Game / FOX Weather) Weighing 67.65 pounds, the animal beat the ...

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. ...