In traditional Japanese legend, oarfish were known as "ryugu no tsukai" meaning "the messenger from the sea dragon god's palace." People believed oarfish would come up from the deep to warn people ...

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 ...

A viral video of a shimmering oarfish spotted along the Baja California Sur beach in Mexico earlier this month is making the ...

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 ...