At first glance, it looks like something is wrong. A strange, floating slab of flesh rises beside a fishing boat, as if the ...

The giant oarfish is the longest bony fish in the world and can grow up to 36 feet long. This elusive species lives in the ocean’s “twilight zone,” 650 to 3,300 feet below the surface. Oarfish swim in ...

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 ...

A giant, ocean sunfish weighing more than 6,000 pounds was found in Portugal and the fish has posthumously set a world record for being the largest bony fish known to man, according to a recent report ...

A research team led by Profs. Zhu Min, Lu Jing, and Zhu You'an from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences published two back-to-back ...

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 ...

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For centuries, sailors told terrifying stories of glowing sea serpents rising from the depths — enormous silvery creatures crowned with red flames. Today, marine scientists suggest those legends may ...