A man who was fishing with his family recently south of Perth, Australia, stumbled upon the carcass of an 8-foot ocean sunfish. Jason Fowler told ABC News Australia that the sunfish, discovered in ...

Sunfish can weigh up to two tons, but those who encounter the giant fish have nothing to fear. Even though its flattened body gives it a monstrous appearance, the sunfish is a gentle giant. Two ...

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A pair of paddle boarders could barely contain their glee as a gentle sea giant swam between them this month in the ocean near Laguna Beach, California. “OK, that might be the biggest sunfish I’ve ...

Stunned marine biologists had a whale of a tale to tell after netting a massive sunfish estimated at 4,000 pounds. During a research mission off the coast of northern Africa, two separate cranes were ...

(CNN) — To the surprise of researchers and sunfish enthusiasts worldwide, a more than 4,000-pound sunfish was found tangled in the nets of a tuna-fishing boat off the coast of Ceuta, an autonomous ...

(CNN) — A giant sunfish found floating dead in the Atlantic weighed in at almost 3 tons and is believed to be the world’s heaviest bony fish. Researchers said the animal was found in December near ...

Scientists have named the new species the Hoodwinker sunfish or Mola tecta (derived from the Latin word tectus meaning disguised or hidden). The team is yet to determine the Hoodwinker’s range, but ...

Getting to know the heaviest bony fish in the world is surprisingly hard. At 3 m (10 ft) long and 2,200 kg (4,850 lb), the Mola mola, or ocean sunfish, is an elusive giant. A typical day in its life ...

Stunned marine biologists had a whale of a tale to tell after netting a massive sunfish estimated at 4,000 pounds. During a research mission off the coast of northern Africa, two separate cranes were ...