The giant oarfish has a remarkable fin that could inspire quieter underwater robots and open new possibilities for ocean ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. At least a dozen oarfish washed up along Japan’s coastline in the ...

Oarfish have long been believed to be signs of an impending seismic event. With over 360 sightings of oarfish in nearly a century, only one was seen before an earthquake occurred in 2007. Oarfish are ...

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 ...

Have you ever heard this legend?"When an oarfish appears, a major earthquake will occur."I have been curious about this story ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A gargantuan oarfish has been fished out of the ocean off the coast of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 deep-sea oarfish, a species that spends its life hundreds of feet below the ocean surface, washed ashore on a beach in Baja California Sur, Mexico, earlier in 2025. The stranding drew crowds of ...

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 ...