In Japanese mythology, the deep-sea-dwelling oarfish is a harbinger of impending disaster. For scientists in California, ...

An oarfish, also known as a "doomsday fish," was spotted on Grandview Beach in Encinitas, California by a PhD candidate at ...

UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography Tuesday was awarded a five-year, $40 million award from the U.S. Army ...

Yet another oarfish -- a super rare fish commonly referred to as the "doomsday fish" -- was recently found dead in California ...

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

In recent years, "atmospheric river" has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage.

During a recent walk on a San Diego beach, a woman came across a dark omen. At Grandview Beach in Encinitas, an oarfish had ...

Kerstin Bergentz is a fifth-year PhD candidate studying physical oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC ...

The animals at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago welcomed the winter season’s first snowfall today, as the Chicagoland area was ...

If one oarfish landing on a beach is a sign of a disaster to come, how bad will it be if three wash up in quick succession?

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