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Photos of a giant, slimy sunfish are reminding viewers how much of the ocean remains a mystery
They are also part of complex offshore ecosystems that are easy to overlook and difficult to study.
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 ...
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 ...
The New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance monitors Cape Cod beaches for stranded marine animals. NECWA specializes in rescuing and studying "marine misfits" like ocean sunfish and torpedo rays. Cape ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Tierney Thys spent decades studying the giant ocean sunfish, using its improbable form to ask broader questions about life in the open ocean.
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