A dead oarfish spotted along the Southern California coast marks the state's third sighting of the so-called "doomsday fish" ...

The elusive deep-water oarfish - considered to be a harbinger of bad news - was spotted yet again on the shores of Encinitas, ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers stumbled upon the rare fish, considered the largest vertebrate in the world’s ...

A rare 9-foot oarfish dubbed the "doomsday fish," washed up in Encinitas, California, marking the third sighting of the species in the state this year. Oarfish, typically found deep in the ocean, are ...

A rare deep-sea oarfish has washed up in California, the third to do so in a few months and only the 22nd since 1901.

It was California’s third spotting of the species in the last three months and only the 22nd over the past century.

The doomsday fish got its name because it looks like a mythical sea creature, with a long, ribbon-shaped body that can grow ...

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.

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

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

A rare oarfish, believed to portend disaster, washed up on a beach in Encinitas last week. Since 1901, only 21 oarfish have ...

A rare fish, regarded as a harbinger of doom, has washed up on the shore of Encinitas in southern California. It is the ...