A rare oarfish, believed to portend disaster, washed up on a beach in Encinitas last week. Since 1901, only 21 oarfish have ...

Oarfish have sparked myths and legends for centuries and are sometimes referred to as "doomsday fish." There is a ...

For the second time this year, an oarfish has washed up on a California beach. The 'doomsday fish' is considered a harbinger ...

When an oarfish washed up on a beach in La Jolla, California back in August it was the talk of the town (and the Marine ...

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 ...

A rare marine creature, dubbed the "doomsday fish," was found last week at Grandview Beach in Encinitas, San Diego County.

Some believe seeing an oarfish is a sign for a disaster. The ribbon-like fish have silver coloring, red spines and big eyes. Alison Laferriere Scripps Institution of Oceanography A deep-sea ...

Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at ...

A rare oarfish, long associated with myths of impending disaster, has washed up on a California beach for the second time this year. The nearly 10-foot-long creature was discovered last week on a ...

"Like with the previous oarfish, this specimen and the samples ... earthquake or tsunami and this has been centuries in Japanese mythology and folklore," Fable told CBS 8 earlier this year.