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 ...
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 ...
One morning a week, Stefan Kiesbye makes the drive from his home in Santa Rosa to one of the beaches around Bodega Bay, to pick up trash. After dropping his wife at an airport shuttle early Sunday ...
Giant Clam Credit: Getty Images The giant clam, a tropical inhabitant of coral reefs, can grow up to 4.5 feet wide and weigh nearly 550 pounds. Despite its size, this brilliant mollusk relies on ...
A local beach cleaner had a rare encounter at Dunnet with an ocean sunfish, which is often described as looking like a ‘giant ...
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 ...