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.

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

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 ...

Only if it falls as snow. A 2016 study by NASA, NOAA, UCLA, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography found that atmospheric ...

As for why people consider the oarfish to be a “doomsday” fish, NBC News explains that — as oarfish typically dwell in the ...

Powerful storms are expected to impact travel across the U.S. ahead of Thanksgiving travel and the remnants of Sara will ...

A member of the Scripps Oceanography team spotted the dead fish outside of San Diego, California. The fish was estimated to ...

What is this monster? Second oarfish spotted on a California beach in three months. (photo credit: Scripps Institution of ...