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.

A 3.3-metre oarfish — an elusive deepsea creature shaped like an eel — washed up earlier this month in California. Also known as a "doomsday fish," this is the third one to wash ashore in as many ...

“This oarfish presents a rare opportunity to obtain fresh samples for genomic analysis, allowing us to study the evolutionary adaptations that enable this species to thrive in deep-sea ...

It's unclear how the rare oarfish washed along the Encinitas shore this month but the elusive specimen will undergo a necropsy to determine cause of death. It will later be preserved for future ...

Hence the fish are also known as "ryugu no tsukai," which translates to "messenger from the sea god’s palace." It's unclear ...

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 surfaced in ...

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.

ENCINITAS, Calif. — For the second time this year, a rare deep-sea oarfish has washed ashore in San Diego County, giving scientists a chance to study the species without plumbing the depths of ...