A deep sea oarfish washed up in Southern California. Japanese folklore suggests seeing the rare fish is a bad omen, some ...

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

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 ...

Oarfish, scientifically called Regalecus glesne, is considered to be associated with doomsday or, more specifically, ...

For the second time this year, a rare deep-sea oarfish has washed ashore in San Diego County, giving scientists a chance to ...

The oarfish in Encinitas was "smaller" than the one observed in San Diego, measuring between 9 and 10 feet, Scripps said in a news release. The deep-sea fish are considered "incredibly rare" since ...

Oarfish found at Encinitas’s Grandview Beach ... finding one of these fish has been exceedingly rare — especially in California. Up until last week’s finding, only 20 had been located ...

The oarfish appeared on Grandview Beach in Encinitas, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography said in a Nov. 13 Instagram post. The school is a department of the University of California ...

Oarfish found at Encinitas’s Grandview Beach. (Alison Laferriere/Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Still, finding one of these fish has been exceedingly rare — especially in California.