A group of beachgoers encountered an interesting-looking fish as it surfaced in shallow waters on a beach in Mexico. The silvery, iridescent oarfish was captured on video washing onto the shores ...

For centuries, the oarfish has been feared as a harbinger of doom, with sightings often linked to earthquakes and tsunamis. But is there any truth to this deep-sea legend, or is it just superstition?

Robert Hayes/storyful A group of beachgoers made a rare sighting when they found an oarfish swimming alongside a beach in Mexico. The water animal, known as a "doomsday fish," was spotted at Playa ...

It’s a deep-sea harbinger of doom. A rare “doomsday” creature known as the oarfish has washed ashore in the Canary Islands, sparking fear that a disaster is on our doorstep. Generally ...

Mexico beachgoers were treated to a rare sighting earlier this month of a shimmering oarfish, native to the deep sea and seen in Japanese folklore as a signal of impending doom. Video shows the ...

They rarely come to the surface, perhaps only when dying or disoriented, and occasionally wash up on beaches around their home range. Throughout history, legend had it that seeing an oarfish was ...

Oarfish have gained a reputation as "doomsday fish" due to their perceived association with disasters after rare sightings. Thus, they typically make headlines anytime they're seen. This week, a ...

Neither of them could have guessed it was an oarfish — a deep-sea creature rarely spotted on the surface whose infrequent appearances have inspired centuries of folklore that the fish are both ...