A rarely seen oarfish appeared in shallow water in Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Feb. 9, surprising beachgoers. The ...

In Japanese folklore, appearances of these elusive marine creatures dubbed ‘doomsday fish’ are believed to foreshadow ...

Beachgoers in Mexico were treated to a rare sighting earlier of a shimmering oarfish, native to the deep sea and known as a ...

The oarfish, which is also referred to as the doomsday fish, is a deep-water creature and spends most of its time floating ...

Oarfish are rarely documented by scientists, but one was seen this month by a group visiting a beach in Mexico.

Beachgoers in Mexico were surprised to see a rare oarfish in shallow waters, in Japanese folklore an oarfish sighting is a ...

Why are oarfish considered bad omens? As the 'messenger of the sea god' or Ry*g* no tsukai in Japanese mythology, the oarfish ...

Footage recorded of the rare fish shows the intricacies of its iridescent, ribbon-looking body and long, wispy red fins.

Beachgoers were shocked to discover an oarfish — a creature whose appearance, according to folklore, can be a good omen or a harbinger of doom.

A rare fish has washed up on a Canary Islands beach, and some people have shared superstitions that the appearance of the ...