In Japanese folklore, the appearance of the oarfish is considered a harbinger of impending disaster, particularly earthquakes ...

A rare fish has washed up on a Canary Islands beach, and some people have shared superstitions that the appearance of the ...

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

A rare oarfish - also known as the "doomsday fish" - has been washed up on beaches twice in just a few weeks. One of them was ...

In a rare and astonishing event in February 2025, a deep-sea anglerfish—known as the black seadevil—was filmed near the ocean ...

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

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

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

An oarfish, a super rare creature commonly referred to as the “doomsday fish,” washed ashore on a beach in Mexico, leaving ...

An oarfish has washed up on a Mexican beach. In certain parts of the world, the fish is seen as a harbinger of bad news and ...

A rare oarfish, often called the "doomsday fish," was spotted in Mexico—just days after another deep-sea creature, a deep-sea ...

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