A Nostradamus might swim among us. An oarfish, a rare species of fish also known as a "doomsday fish" because its appearance has allegedly signaled disaster in the past, washed up dead on a beach in ...

Oarfish are some of the most elusive and mysterious fish on the planet. There are only three species of oarfish, and they are the longest bony fish alive today. The giant oarfish can grow up to 26 ...

Some believe seeing an oarfish is a sign for a disaster. The ribbon-like fish have silver coloring, red spines and big eyes. Alison Laferriere Scripps Institution of Oceanography A deep-sea dweller ...

Part of the allure of deep-sea fishing is that you never know what you might encounter at sea. But one can be reasonably certain that nobody would expect to encounter a 10-foot oarfish under attack by ...

A group of kayakers and snorkelers found an extremely rare deep-sea fish nicknamed a "doomsday fish" off the coast of Southern California last weekend. On Saturday, Aug. 10, the group encountered the ...

A rarely seen deep-sea fish with large eyes and a ribbon-like body surfaced off a Southern California coastline, a school said. The discovery has been exciting for researchers but has caused concern ...

A deep-sea dweller that rarely comes to the ocean’s surface washed ashore a beach in Southern California, making it the second one to appear in just a few months. Now, researchers are trying to figure ...