Many times we wonder when the end of the world will be or what will happen on Judgment Day. However, scientists continue to reveal issues in this regard. Oceanographer Diego Ponce ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Emily Kwong and Jessica Yung of Short Wave about ancient evidence of hot water on Mars, ...

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 ...

Initially mistaking the long, slender form for debris, Laferriere quickly recognised the creature as an oarfish — a rare species. In a social media post, Scripps Institution of Oceanography ...

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 ...

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 ...

If one oarfish landing on a beach is a sign of a disaster to come, how bad will it be if three wash up in quick succession? A silvery 10-foot-long creature, the oarfish has fueled fisherman's ...

Oarfish are the longest bony fish known to live ... According to some retellings of Japanese legend, sighting the rare deepfish is a harbinger of earthquakes, tsunamis, and other misfortune.