Another oarfish has made its way from the deep sea to the coast of San Diego County in Southern California. Scripps ...

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 ...

Oarfish are deep-sea creatures, rarely seen by humans, that dwell in the mesopelagic zone, thousands of feet below the ...

A rare sea creature known as the “doomsday fish” was spotted yet again on Southern California shores for the third time this ...

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.

Considered to be the origin of the sea serpent tale, giant oarfish are a species yet to be largely researched by scientists.

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 ...