It is smaller than the one recovered in La Jolla last August, which measured roughly nine to 10 feet long. The oarfish, nicknamed the "doomsday fish," is so strange and massive in size that some ...

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

Its slender, ribbon-like body and iridescent silver scales are rarely spotted by humans due to its preference for depths between 656 and 3,200 feet. However, oarfish were spotted by scuba divers ...

Also known as an oarfish, this deep-sea species can grow up to 20 feet in length Marina Watts is a Digital News Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

The rare oarfish found on Grandview Beach in Encinitas measured roughly 9 to 10 feet and was spotted by a doctoral candidate at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, the school wrote on social media.

She waited by the oarfish, which was nearly 10 feet long, until a researcher from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration retrieved it. “I wanted to make sure that someone could make ...

The oarfish, also known as a "doomsday fish," measures roughly 9-to-10 feet long. "As I got closer, I recognized what it was immediately, since I had seen pictures of the one found earlier this ...

The roughly 10-foot-long dead oarfish — rumored to be a sign of impending earthquakes — was found stretched out on the rocky shoreline of Grandview Beach in Encinitas by UC San Diego’s ...

The 9-foot oarfish was found on the shores of Grandview Beach on Nov. 6 by Alison Laferriere of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego, according to a ...

The context: On Nov. 6, a researcher on an Encinitas beach spotted an oarfish, measuring 9 to 10 feet long. The fish typically swim at depths of 300 to 3,000 feet and are rarely seen on the surface.

A dead oarfish found along the Southern California coast marks the state's third sighting of the so-called "doomsday fish" this year. The roughly 10-foot oarfish was discovered on Nov. 6.