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

Historically, oarfish have been entwined with superstition. Centuries of folklore have labelled them as harbingers of ...

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

For centuries, the oarfish has been feared as a harbinger of doom, with sightings often linked to earthquakes and tsunamis.

The elusive oarfish, often referred to as the 'fish of the end of the world', was found on a beach in Baja California Sur, ...

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

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

Many creatures on the Earth have the ability to predict changes in nature. Birds flying in large flocks with loud calls and ...

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

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

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

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