The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest and most impressive giants in the ocean. With a flattened, ...

A sunfish found near the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean weighed as much as an S.U.V. Scientists say it’s a sign that the sea’s largest creatures can live if we let them. By Annie Roth It was easy for ...

A bulbous corpse found bobbing off a tiny island in the Azores is the heaviest bony fish ever measured. The record breaker is a bump-head sunfish (Mola alexandrini). Taller than it is long, with a ...

Oklahomans who aspire to catch a record-size sunfish might want to visit their nearest farm pond. Cord Smith, a 16-year-old from Cheyenne, is the new record holder after reeling a 2-pound, 5.6-ounce ...

The ocean sunfish (Mola mola) is one of several unusual-looking sea creatures to wash ashore in Oregon so far this summer. Seaside Aquarium via Facebook A rare ocean sunfish has washed up on a beach ...

A diver filmed a pair of young ocean sunfish off Canada's coast and experts estimated them to measure 24 inches across — five times smaller than the size they reach as adults. When you purchase ...

It has been quite a few years since DNR Fisheries Biologist Eric Altena and I first discussed the need for new laws concerning the sunfish in Minnesota. It has been even longer since the first ...