It was California’s third spotting of the species in the last three months and only the 22nd over the past century.

The discovery of the dead 9½-foot-long fish follows a similar find by kayakers and snorkelers in August at La Jolla Cove ...

A dead oarfish spotted along the Southern California coast marks the state's third sighting of the so-called "doomsday fish" ...

Considered to be the origin of the sea serpent tale, giant oarfish are a species yet to be largely researched by scientists.

The doomsday fish got its name because it looks like a mythical sea creature, with a long, ribbon-shaped body that can grow ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers stumbled upon the rare fish, considered the largest vertebrate in the world’s ...

The doomsday fish got its name because it looks like a mythical sea creature, with a long, ribbon-shaped body that can grow ...

A rare fish, regarded as a harbinger of doom, has washed up on the shore of Encinitas in southern California. It is the ...

A rare deep-sea oarfish has washed up in California, the third to do so in a few months and only the 22nd since 1901.

The 9.5-foot oarfish was discovered on Nov. 6, marking the second such occurrence in San Diego County this year.

A rare, massive fish known as the harbinger of doom has washed up on a California shore — for the second time in just three ...

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