T he oarfish, a rare deep-sea creature often referred to as the "harbinger of death" or the "doomsday fish" has once again ...

The current group of oarfish washing ashore "may have to do with changes in ocean conditions and increased numbers of oarfish off our coast," Ben Frable, manager of the Scripps Oceanography Marine ...

The recent discoveries of two rare deep-sea dwelling oarfish have sparked fears of a looming natural disaster. The fish were discovered in separate incidents in India and Tasmania within the last week ...

A group of divers encountered a rare giant oarfish off the coast of Taiwan. The viral video, originally published by diving instructor Wang Cheng-Ru in June, shows the group coming upon the deep ...

A dead oarfish spotted along the Southern California coast marks the state's third sighting of the so-called "doomsday fish" this year.

An oarfish sighting is “a very rare occasion when one washes ashore,” said Neville Barrett, a fish biologist and associate professor with the University of Tasmania’s Institute for Marine ...

Oarfish don't have any visible teeth and instead filter water to eat tiny prey. "You could put your hand into the mouth, around the mouth, down the throat and not even scratch your skin," Vetter said.

An oarfish, known as the harbinger of doom, was found at Grandview Beach in Encinitas by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

This oarfish is smaller than the one found in La Jolla in August 2024. Researchers are not yet sure why the rare fish has washed up on California beaches recently, and there have been few studies ...

The elusive oarfish, dubbed the \"doomsday fish,\" is steeped in folklore, particularly in Japan where it's seen as a harbinger of earthquakes. While it ...

Oarfish don't have any visible teeth and instead filter water to eat tiny prey. "You could put your hand into the mouth, around the mouth, down the throat and not even scratch your skin," Vetter said.