When designing a large underwater robot that could swim silently to avoid startling sea creatures, roboticist Rob Shepherd ...

Inside the oarfish's dorsal fin, hundreds of rods swivel in full circles. Sections of fin move in opposite directions thus propelling the fish through the water.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of divers encountered a rare giant oarfish off the coast of Taiwan. The viral video, originally published by diving ...

Sailors spotting sea serpents might not have been telling tall tales. The oarfish, with its blank eyes, feathered crest, and snakelike body that can grow more than 25-feet long, is a dead ringer for ...

Oh, for heaven’s hake. A massive fish known as a “harbinger of doom” was found sulking off the coast of California last weekend — marking yet another end-of-the-world forewarning in recent weeks. To ...

Learn how an oarfish’s hundreds of joystick-like fin rays help it swim and could inspire underwater robots that move without ...

The elusive deep-water oarfish – considered to be a harbinger of bad news – was spotted yet again on the shores of Encinitas, California. It was the state’s third spotting of the species in the last ...

Those familiar with oarfish know that they live at great depths, are mostly seen dead and washed up on shore, and are often referred to as a doomsday fish because seeing one is a warning sign of ...

An unusual deep-sea fish is helping Cornell researchers think through a quieter way to move an underwater robot. Their new ...

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 ...

A group of kayakers and snorkelers were enjoying a relaxing day in California’s La Jolla Cove earlier this month when they spotted something unusual floating atop the water: the body of an enormous ...