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

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 ...

This 18-foot-long (5.5 meters) oarfish was found off a beach in Southern California on Oct. 13, 2013, and is held here by staff from the Catalina Island Marine Institute. Researchers have dissected ...

The storm, which is set to make landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday, has stunned meteorologists with its intensity and the speed at which it built. The Physics of the Northern Lights Solar winds at a ...

Part of the allure of deep-sea fishing is that you never know what you might encounter at sea. But one can be reasonably certain that nobody would expect to encounter a 10-foot oarfish under attack by ...

Also known as "doomsday fish," oarfish occupy a hallowed place in the museum of marine oddities: They can grow to dozens of ...

An 18-foot-long oarfish washed up last week on Catalina Island. It was a rare occurrence until another oarfish popped up dead in Oceanside on Friday. The two oarfish were big attention grabbers for ...

A rare deep-sea creature known as the giant oarfish was caught alive off the coast of central Japan on Tuesday and video of the rarely seen animal has been released.The giant oarfish is about seven ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The silvery carcasses of two giant oarfish were discovered along the Southern California coast last week, baffling scientists and gaining a growing online following who gawked at ...

A dead oarfish with a belly full of krill washed up on Santa Catalina Island this week, marking a rare sighting of the deep-sea creature and the largest to appear on the island in years, experts say.

A video of two 15-foot-long oarfish swimming in shallow waters along the Mexican coastline is making a big splash in the marine world. The oarfish, a prehistoric-looking creature that can grow up to ...