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 oarfish, a rare deep-sea creature often referred to as the "harbinger of death" or the "doomsday fish" has once again surfaced (for the third time this year), stirring up a mix of ...

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.

Oarfish are deep-sea creatures, rarely seen by humans, that dwell in the mesopelagic zone, thousands of feet below the surface. Their elusive nature has made them the topic of legends, with links ...

This month's sighting was only the 21st time the fish has been documented to have washed up in California since 1901, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. This month's sighting ...

Oarfish, scientifically called Regalecus glesne, is considered to be associated with doomsday or, more specifically, earthquakes. This link is grounded in Japanese mythology, for which the oarfish is ...

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A deep-sea creature steeped in folklore has once again washed ashore in California. On Nov. 6, a researcher on an Encinitas beach spotted an oarfish, measuring 9 to 10 feet long. The fish typically ...

The elusive deep-water oarfish – considered to be a harbinger of bad news – was spotted yet again on the shores of Encinitas, California. It was the state’s third spotting of the species in ...

Oarfish, scientifically called Regalecus glesne, is considered to be associated with doomsday or, more specifically, earthquakes. This link is grounded in Japanese mythology, for which the oarfish ...