Known as by-the-wind sailors because of the way they catch the ocean breeze using the sail-like fin on top of their bodies, ...

If weather permits, they meet to sail at the St. Petersburg Sailing Center by Demens Landing, then gather for lunch and card ...

Scientists still have much left to learn about the creatures, even as hundreds of thousands of them wash ashore.

This year, they’ve been spotted along the coasts of Washington and Oregon, although a majority of sightings so far have been ...

In the open ocean, far from coasts and categories, there is a fish that seems to defy the logic of design. It is round where ...

The bumphead sunfish (Mola alexandrini) is one of the strangest and most impressive giants in the ocean. With a flattened, disk-like body and a distinctive bulge on its head and chin, this massive ...

For much of his life, Patrick Webster has slipped into a wetsuit, strapped on his elaborate camera system and dove into the world’s oceans from Antarctica to Monterey to capture images of underwater ...

ENCINITAS, Calif. — San Diego surfers are never technically alone in the water, but this week a giant ocean sunfish, or mola mola, swam right alongside them before sadly washing ashore at Cardiff ...

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 DEM said the marine biologists were heading back from a kelp monitoring dive at the time. Ocean sunfish are seasonal in Rhode Island waters and are often seen "basking at the surface." 'The Naked ...