The creature was sighted along the Mexican coast, causing alarm among residents, and the images quickly flooded social media.

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

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

Their sudden appearances have long been associated with myths of impending disasters, earning them the nickname "doomsday ...

A huge oarfish washed up near La Paz in Baja California Sur in 2020. Credit: Fernando Cavalin. On a sunlit beach in Lanzarote ...

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

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

An oarfish, a super rare creature commonly referred to as the “doomsday fish,” washed ashore on a beach in Mexico, leaving ...

On Feb. 9, beachgoers captured a video of a rare “doomsday” oarfish on the shores of Baja California Sur, Mexico. According ...

A rare oarfish, often called the "doomsday fish," was spotted in Mexico—just days after another deep-sea creature, a deep-sea ...

A deep-sea oarfish, a species Japanese myths say is an omen of impending natural disasters, was recently spotted in Mexico.