Recent sightings of the rare oarfish in Baja California Sur have reignited ancient myths linking these deep-sea creatures to ...

Unusual ocean events like the surfacing of oarfish, mass whale strandings, and anglerfish near shore indicate potential ...

Oarfish sightings have long been linked to earthquakes in popular myths but scientists are now exploring whether these ...

U.S. oarfish sightings continue to spark debate over whether these rare deep-sea creatures sense seismic activity before ...

Historically, oarfish have been entwined with superstition. Centuries of folklore have labelled them as harbingers of ...

A rarely seen oarfish appeared in shallow water in Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Feb. 9, surprising beachgoers. The ...

The sight of the oarfish in shallow waters is bad news in Japanese folklore. Here's the meaning behind the 'doomsday' fish.

The oarfish, which is also referred to as the doomsday fish, is a deep-water creature and spends most of its time floating ...

In Japanese folklore, appearances of these elusive marine creatures dubbed ‘doomsday fish’ are believed to foreshadow ...

Beachgoers in Mexico were treated to a rare sighting earlier of a shimmering oarfish, native to the deep sea and known as a ...

Footage recorded of the rare fish shows the intricacies of its iridescent, ribbon-looking body and long, wispy red fins.

Neither of them could have guessed it was an oarfish — a deep-sea creature rarely spotted on the surface whose infrequent appearances have inspired centuries of folklore that the fish are both ...