Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, southern Japan, has been closed to the public for renovations since December 2024. Its sunfish fell ill soon after and staffers struggled to understand why the ...

A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in Japan lost its appetite, began banging into the side of the fishtank and appeared unwell days after the facility closed last month for renovations.

Record-breaking snowfall across Hokkaido and Sea of Japan coastal areas of Honshu on Feb. 8 brought traffic and train ...

A solitary sunfish at an aquarium in southwestern Japan lost its appetite ... an aquarist at the Kaikyokan aquarium in Shimonoseki. The large sunfish arrived at the aquarium in February 2024 ...

To test the theory, aquarium staff decided to attach large cut-out photos of human faces to a row of uniforms along the side ...

The Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, Japan, which is undergoing renovations, revealed in a post on X that its staff had to think out of the box to help one of its sunfish struggling with the change.

Some say loneliness made a Japanese sunfish stop eating after its aquarium closed. One expert says it’s probably more ...

A sociable sunfish who was reportedly missing its human audience during a temporary closure of its aquarium in Japan has been comforted in an unorthodox way. In a photo posted by the aquarium in ...

Almost as soon as the Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki, southern Japan closed for renovation in December 2024, the sunfish became unwell, the aquarium said in a post on X. “We couldn’t figure ...

The Kaikyokan Aquarium in Shimonoseki is home to the ocean sunfish. An aquarium in Japan has come up with a unique and out-of-the-box idea to cheer up its lonely resident sunfish after the ...

open image in gallery In this photo released by Shimonoseki Marine Science Museum ... Yamaguchi prefecture, southern Japan Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 (AP) Then at a staff meeting, one person suggested ...