In Japanese mythology, the deep-sea-dwelling oarfish is a harbinger of impending disaster. For scientists in California, ...

An oarfish, also known as a "doomsday fish," was spotted on Grandview Beach in Encinitas, California by a PhD candidate at ...

Alison Laferriere, a doctoral student at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, spotted it while walking her dog. Initially mistaking the long, slender form for debris, Laferriere quickly ...

A deep-sea dweller that rarely comes to the ocean’s surface washed ashore a beach in Southern California, making it the ...

If one oarfish landing on a beach is a sign of a disaster to come, how bad will it be if three wash up in quick succession?

The elusive deep-water oarfish - considered to be a harbinger of bad news - was spotted yet again on the shores of Encinitas, ...

For the second time this year, a deep-sea oarfish has washed ashore in San Diego County, giving scientists a rare chance to ...

This is the third oarfish discovered in Southern California this year. The first was back in August near the La Jolla Shores.

Yet another oarfish -- a super rare fish commonly referred to as the "doomsday fish" -- was recently found dead in California ...

The discovery of the dead 9½-foot-long fish follows a similar find by kayakers and snorkelers in August at La Jolla Cove ...