An elusive deep-water oarfish considered to be a harbinger of bad news was discovered on the shores of Encinitas, California last Friday.

This month's sighting was only the 21st time the fish has been documented to have washed up in California since 1901, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

The discovery was made by PhD candidate Alison Laferriere from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The oarfish was found ...

A rare and almost mythical creature from the deep sea has washed up on a California beach in the form of an oarfish measuring ...

In a recent development it has been known that the rare oarfish which is also known as the legendary doom fish and is hugely believed as a signal of disaster washed up on the beaches of California and ...

For the second time this year, an oarfish has washed up on a California beach. The 'doomsday fish' is considered a harbinger ...

SAN DIEGO ( KUSI) — Another oarfish has made its way from the deep sea to the coast of San Diego County in Southern ...

A rare deep sea fish, regarded as a harbinger of doom, has washed up on a southern California shore. The Scripps Institution ...

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

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

Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have released pictures of a dead oarfish lying onshore of the ...

A long, ribbon-shaped oarfish, rarely seen and believed to signal disaster, has washed up on California’s shores for the ...