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

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

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 ...

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

An oarfish, known as a "doomsday fish," washed ashore in Mexico, fueling superstitions of an impending natural disaster.