"Sometimes it may be linked to broader shifts such as the El Niño and La Niña cycle but this is not always the case." In Japan, the oarfish is steeped in folklore. Known locally as “Ryugu no Tsuki” or ...

A deep sea oarfish washed up in Southern California. Japanese folklore suggests seeing the rare fish is a bad omen, some accounts say. A deep-sea creature steeped in folklore has once again washed ...