A recent viral photo of Tamil Nadu fishermen holding a 30-foot oarfish has sparked global curiosity and ancient fears.

Popularly called the “doomsday fish,” the oarfish is rarely seen by humans, yet when it appears and gets washed ashore, it sends chills down people’s spines because of its creepy ribbon-like ...

The oarfish, popularly known as the ‘doomsday fish’, has been making a lot of appearances in recent times, raising fear and concerns among people who believe they might be hinting at an upcoming ...

The recent discoveries of two rare deep-sea dwelling oarfish have sparked fears of a looming natural disaster. The fish were discovered in separate incidents in India and Tasmania within the last week ...

On Monday morning, Robertson decided to take a different route than usual, and came upon a group of sea eagles surrounding the fish, which had already washed up onto the sand. “It was fantastic ...

An oarfish, a rare and one of the ocean's longest fish, washed ashore the Ocean Beach near Strahan in Tasmania on Monday. The three-metre-long doomsday fish was discovered by a resident, Sybil ...

In two separate incidents this week, rare deep-sea oarfish - nicknamed "doomsday fish" - have washed up on beaches in Tamil Nadu, India, and Tasmania, stirring ancient legends and online speculation.

The oarfish in the exhibit is the 22nd oarfish known to have washed up in California. The exhibit takes a dive into the science and the folklore of these sea serpents, or so-called doomsday fish.

News Science Eerie ‘doomsday fish’ stirring interest at La Jolla’s Birch Aquarium The dead, 11-foot 2-inch creature washed ashore last year at Grandview Beach in Encinitas.

In August 2017, two oarfish washed ashore in the Philippines just one day before a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the island of Luzon.

In Japanese mythology, the fish is referred to as "Ryugu no tsukai," which means "Messenger of the Sea God." In what comes as a shocking revelation, around 20 oarfish were seen ashore ahead of ...