Scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography were able to preserve an 11-foot, 2-inch oarfish that washed up in ...

A group of kayakers and snorkelers found a rare, deep-sea fish called an oarfish floating in La Jolla Cove on Saturday. Why ...

This particular oarfish measured 12 feet long—though the biggest of the species can grow up to 36 feet long. It’s one of just 20 oarfish that have washed up in California since 1901 ...

Claim: An oarfish, also called the “doomsday fish” and viewed as a bad omen, has been sighted on Philippine shores, signaling a looming magnitude 8.2 earthquake. Why we fact-checked this ...

The 11-foot oarfish was found on Grandview Beach near Leucadia in northern San Diego County in November 2024, and can be seen on display through this summer at Birch Aquarium at Scripps ...

During a March Shedd Adventures trip to Baja, participants witnessed not one, but two rare oarfish in shallow waters. Here's a video of one of their encounters. Shedd Aquarium/Un-Cruise Adventures ...

In Japanese folklore, oarfish are messengers of the sea god, warning of earthquakes. With multiple sightings in recent months, many are wondering if disaster is on the horizon. Living thousands of ...