Geophysicist Barry Hirshorn—now with Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego—was on ...

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 ...

Not to sound superstitious or anything, but yet another oarfish has washed up in California. In early November 2024, Scripps ...

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

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

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

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

Above: Video of dolphins and a surfer wading in bioluminescence off the coast of San Diego in early November. SAN DIEGO (FOX ...

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?