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 ...

Annie MacAulay heard of the legendary deep sea monster for 20 years and then she finally saw it: an oarfish so long that it spanned the length of about three people. An oarfish isn’t necessarily a ...

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 ...

SAN DIEGO — Children press their faces against the glass, marveling at the serpentine creature stretched out before them. "Oh, that's so long! Eleven feet!" one young visitor exclaims, comparing the ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The “doomsday fish” ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A second so-called “doomsday” fish, the rare ...

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 ...