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 ocean, it was announced ...

A 13-foot oarfish appears within a week of the last discovery. This Oct. 18, 2013 image provided by Mark Bussey shows an oarfish that washed up on the beach near Oceanside, Calif. This rare, snakelike ...

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 ...

Another rare oarfish has been discovered in Southern California, following last weekend’s discovery of the serpent-like creature in the waters off Catalina Island, according to a local NBC affiliate.