These fish typically weight between 545 and 2,205 pounds. Sunfish is closely related to the Pufferfish despite their size difference. The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest ...

A massive ocean oddity that washed up on a northern Oregon beach this week turned out to be a recently discovered species of sunfish, according to the local aquarium. According to the Seaside Aquarium ...

Snorkeling and diving are popular activities in coastal areas, especially for folks on vacation. Seeing underwater isn't something most people can do every day, and you never know what kinds of unique ...

My first view of an ocean sunfish was on a wall at a natural history museum during my freshman year in college. At first glance, I thought that someone had displayed half of a fish. The tail was ...

When Rich German was paddling out at sea along the coast of Laguna Beach, he didn't expect to stumble across a "Mola mola," an ocean sunfish. On Dec. 2, German, founder of Project O and host of Our ...

NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — Holy Mola mola! Marine biologists with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) spotted an ocean sunfish, also known as Mola mola, while working off the ...

The ocean sunfish owes its name to its tendency to bask in the sunlight near the surface. In some cases, gulls on the water’s surface also indicate the presence of molas, since Western gulls and ...