A rare oarfish found at Ocean Beach on Tasmania's west coast. (Photo credit: Sybil Robertson) In two separate incidents this week, rare deep-sea oarfish - nicknamed "doomsday fish" - have washed up on ...

The recent discoveries of two rare deep-sea dwelling oarfish have sparked fears of a looming natural disaster. The fish were discovered in separate incidents in India and Tasmania within the last week ...

The legendary “doom fish” has returned to California. A long, ribbon-shaped oarfish, rarely seen and believed to signal disaster, has washed up on California’s shores for the second time this year.

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 ...

The oarfish, also known as the “doomsday fish,” is one of the strangest and rarest creatures of the sea. For centuries, sailors and fishermen believed that spotting this long, ribbon-like fish was a ...

The rarely seen species was accidentally trapped in a fishing vessel’s tuna net, according to the study. Photo by Egle Sidaraviciute via Unsplash. During a multiday trip on the Indian Ocean off the ...