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

A second so-called “doomsday” fish, the rare deep-sea oarfish, has been discovered on a beach in San Diego County. For the ...

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

The discovery of the dead 9½-foot-long fish follows a similar find by kayakers and snorkelers in August at La Jolla Cove ...

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

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

A rare, massive fish known as the harbinger of doom has washed up on a California shore — for the second time in just three ...

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

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.

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

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

The roughly 10-foot-long dead oarfish — rumored to be a sign of impending earthquakes — was found stretched out on the rocky shoreline of Grandview Beach in Encinitas by UC San Diego’s ...