The current group of oarfish washing ashore "may have to do ... "Many researchers have suggested this as to why deep-water fish strand on beaches. Sometimes it may be linked to broader shifts ...

During an El Niño year, the temperature at the surface of the water is higher than normal, and the deeper waters are cooler than normal. The prey of the oarfish follows the warmer water ...

Japanese legend has it that the oarfish, which can grow up to 10 meters ... The fish dwell at least 200 meters below the water's surface. Koji Tabira and his wife, Kotome, both 28, who were ...

On Friday, a 14-foot oarfish washed up on the beach near Oceanside, California, The Los Angeles Times reports. This was the second time in one week that the rare deep-water fish was found dead.