Scientists have documented the first-ever record of an oarfish (Regalecus russellii) in Sri Lanka, a 2.6-meter (8.5-foot) specimen caught off the country’s western coast. The find expands the known ...

The rarely seen species was accidentally trapped in a fishing vessel’s tuna net, according to the study. Photo by Egle Sidaraviciute via Unsplash. During a multiday trip on the Indian Ocean off the ...

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 ...

Is there about to be an apocalypse? A rare “doomsday” oarfish has washed ashore yet again — this time in Australia, sparking fears that a catastrophe could be around the corner. “I just knew it was ...

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 ...

A rare deep-sea oarfish discovered last year at Grandview Beach in Encinitas is now on display at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla. It’s one of two of the creatures that were once thought of as sea ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The “doomsday fish” that washed up on a San Diego beach late last year is now on display at San Diego’s Birch Aquarium, giving visitors a unique chance to see the rare oarfish ...

What do you do with a bizarre-looking dead fish that’s missing an eyeball and could be mistaken, at a distance, for a monster rattlesnake? If you’re the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla, you preserve 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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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” ...

The Octonauts race against time to rescue Tweak's pal, a Leatherback Sea Turtle who's caught in a fast-moving ocean current that's sucking it into a whirlpool. When Captain Barnacles and most of the ...

For centuries, the oarfish has been feared as a harbinger of doom, with sightings often linked to earthquakes and tsunamis. But is there any truth to this deep-sea legend, or is it just superstition?