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 ...

Part of the allure of deep-sea fishing is that you never know what you might encounter at sea. But one can be reasonably certain that nobody would expect to encounter a 10-foot oarfish under attack by ...

A group of beachgoers spotted a rarely-seen fish in the shallow waters of Mexico. Oarfish live in the depths of the ocean between 660 - 3,300 feet deep. The footage recorded shows the intricacies of ...

An 18-foot-long oarfish washed up last week on Catalina Island. It was a rare occurrence until another oarfish popped up dead in Oceanside on Friday. The two oarfish were big attention grabbers for ...

OCEANSIDE, California For the second time in less than a week, a "sea serpent" has attracted gawkers on a Southern California beach. This time the rare, snakelike oarfish washed up Friday afternoon in ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The silvery carcasses of two giant oarfish were discovered along the Southern California coast last week, baffling scientists and gaining a growing online following who gawked at ...

The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen—and how fast—is anything but settled. The Louisiana Department of ...

A video of two 15-foot-long oarfish swimming in shallow waters along the Mexican coastline is making a big splash in the marine world. The oarfish, a prehistoric-looking creature that can grow up to ...

A dead oarfish with a belly full of krill washed up on Santa Catalina Island this week, marking a rare sighting of the deep-sea creature and the largest to appear on the island in years, experts say.