In Japanese mythology, the deep-sea-dwelling oarfish is a harbinger of impending disaster. For scientists in California, ...

Alison Laferriere, who happens to be a PhD candidate at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of San Diego, said she identified the "doomsday fish" knowing it was a "rare occurrence." ...

Not to sound superstitious or anything, but yet another oarfish has washed up in California. In early November 2024, Scripps ...

The discovery of the dead 9½-foot-long fish follows a similar find by kayakers and snorkelers in August at La Jolla Cove ...

Residents of Southern California have been left shocked after the "doomsday fish" made a reappearance on the state's beaches ...

A deep-sea dweller that rarely comes to the ocean’s surface washed ashore a beach in Southern California, making it the ...

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

The doomsday fish got its name because it looks like a mythical sea creature, with a long, ribbon-shaped body that can grow ...

That's why he was so excited when he heard from Alison Laferriere, a Scripps PhD student, on Nov. 7. Laferriere, who studies ocean acoustics, was walking her dog along the Grandview Beach in ...

Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at ...

During a recent walk on a San Diego beach, a woman came across a dark omen. At Grandview Beach in Encinitas, an oarfish had ...

Considered to be the origin of the sea serpent tale, giant oarfish are a species yet to be largely researched by scientists.