A dead oarfish, an "incredibly rare" creature considered a symbol of impending doom in Japanese folklore, was recently spotted along the Southern California coast just months after another surfaced in ...

Nothing marks the sign of impending doom like the appearance of the elusive oarfish, according to Japanese folklore. Hopefully it's just a myth, since one was recently found floating in Southern ...

Rare 'doomsday' oarfish swims up to beachgoers in shallow water Beachgoers in Mexico were surprised to see a rare oarfish in shallow waters, in Japanese folklore an oarfish sighting is a symbol of ...

Beachgoers were shocked to find a rarely seen oarfish swimming in the shallow waters of a Baja California Sur beach in Mexico on Sunday, February 9. Footage from Robert Hayes shows the iridescent fish ...

A group of beachgoers made a rare sighting when they found an oarfish swimming alongside a beach in Mexico. The water animal, known as a "doomsday fish," was spotted at Playa El Quemado in Baja ...

The oarfish, a rare deep-sea creature often referred to as the "harbinger of death" or the "doomsday fish" has once again surfaced (for the third time this year), stirring up a mix of superstitions ...

The elusive deep-water oarfish - considered to be a harbinger of bad news - was spotted yet again on the shores of Encinitas, California. It was the state's third time spotting the species in the last ...

Divers made an amazing discovery in the waters off the northeast coast of Taiwan: an enormous deep sea oarfish. Video taken in late June shows the creature, over six feet long, dotted with what ...

A rare deep-sea oarfish discovered last year at Grandview Beach in Encinitas is now on display at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla. It’s one of two of the creatures that were once thought of as sea ...

Another rare oarfish, a serpent-like sea creature, was discovered in Southern California for the second time this week, this time along the coast of San Diego County. A crowd of 50 to 75 beachgoers ...