A deep sea oarfish washed up in Southern California. Japanese folklore suggests seeing the rare fish is a bad omen, some ...

A dead oarfish spotted along the Southern California coast marks the state's third sighting of the so-called "doomsday fish" ...

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

A dead oarfish, an "incredibly rare" creature considered a symbol of impending doom in Japanese folklore, was recently spotted along the Southern California coast just months after another ...

Their ominous reputation is based on Japanese folklore, which says their appearance is a sign that an earthquake or tsunami could follow. In January, an oarfish was caught shortly before an ...

In 2011, the largely forgotten "earthquake fish" legend resurfaced after 20 oarfish washed ashore in the months leading up to Japan's most powerful recorded earthquake. Since 1901, only 21 oarfish ...

In 2011, the largely forgotten “earthquake fish” legend resurfaced after 20 oarfish washed ashore in the months leading up to Japan’s most powerful recorded earthquake. The devastating ...