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. at a beach ...

A rare fish, regarded as a harbinger of doom, has washed up on the shore of Encinitas in southern California. It is the second time this year that an oarfish has been found in the area. Sightings are ...

Kelp, that can’t be good. A rare, massive fish known as the harbinger of doom has washed up on a California shore — for the second time in just three months. The roughly 10-foot-long dead oarfish — ...

A Ph.D. candidate at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla found a rare deep-sea oarfish washed ashore last week in Encinitas, the second time this year such a fish has been found in San ...

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 superstitions ...

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 the ...

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 ...

Photo courtesy Mountain and Sea Educational Adventures A 15-foot dead oarfish was found floating in the waters off of Santa Catalina Island's Sandy Beach on Monday. Island Harbor Patrol found the ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Scientists have discovered more information about the rare oarfish (Regalecus russellii) that was found dead floating near La Jolla Shores earlier this month. A necropsy was ...

Group of kayakers and snorkelers finding a dead oarfish in La Jolla’s waters this past weekend. Courtesy of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of ...

Scientists have no answers as to why two of the largest bony fish known to man washed ashore in Southern California in the span of a few days. Days after a rare oarfish measuring 18 feet was ...