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 ...

Due to their size and shape, oarfish resemble ‘sea serpents’ and are seen as a sign of things to come in Japanese mythology where it is known as 'the messenger from the sea dragon god’s palace.' ...

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 ...

Workers had barely put the 11-foot, 2-inch oarfish in place Friday when patrons began crowding in for a look. Interest has soared since then, especially among wide-eyed children. “They all want ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego residents can now come face-to-face with the serpent of the sea, the Oarfish, for a limited time at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

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 ...

A striking 11-foot oarfish on display in the new exhibit Oarfish: Recent Discoveries from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Collection at the Birch Aquarium. (Photo Courtesy of the Birch ...

An 18-foot-long oarfish found dead in Southern California was filled with parasites, according to researchers at UC Santa Barbara who dissected the serpent-like fish last Thursday. Around two ...