A rare deep sea fish, regarded as a harbinger of doom, has washed up on a southern California shore. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, said one of its ...

SAN DIEGO — A rare oarfish washed ashore in Encinitas last week. This discovery marks the second time this year that one of these elusive deep-sea creatures has been found on our county's coastline.

A rare deep sea fish, regarded as a harbinger of doom, has washed up on a southern California shore. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, said one of ...

Ben Frable, a collection manager at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, explained, "They're a kind of open ocean, generally deep-sea fish. They probably like to hang out closer to 500 to 1000 ...

The long, ribbon-shaped fish usually inhabit the mesopelagic ... which could also affect oarfish and other deep-sea creatures. “Rare encounters like this provide an amazing opportunity to ...

A California woman was walking her dog on Grandview Beach in Encinitas when she came across a very rare, deep-sea fish. Alison Laferriere, who happens to be a PhD candidate at Scripps Institution ...

When deep-sea creatures emerge from the ocean, Mr. Frable said, they can remind people of the vastness of the planet’s biodiversity. After 20 years of studying fish, he said he still encountered ...

A RARELY seen species of deep sea fish keeps washing up on California's coast line - and if folklore rings true, it could be a bad omen. The oarfish, dubbed the Doomsday fish, can grow up to 30ft ...