A rare deep-sea creature, sometimes called a "doomsday fish," made a mysterious appearance on a remote beach in Tasmania, and the eerie encounter is causing people to wonder about what's really ...

The ocean, with its vastness and mystery, has long inspired awe and anxiety. Among its strangest residents is the giant oarfish—an elusive, ribbon-like deep-sea creature that has recently gained viral ...

A rare oarfish found at Ocean Beach on Tasmania's west coast. (Photo credit: Sybil Robertson) In two separate incidents this week, rare deep-sea oarfish - nicknamed "doomsday fish" - have washed up on ...

(NEXSTAR) — It is not common for the oarfish, a deep-sea, ribbon-shaped creature, to wash up on shore, but when it does, some believe it could mean that something bad is going to happen. The oarfish ...

A striking 11-foot oarfish on display in the new exhibit Oarfish: Recent Discoveries from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Collection at the Birch Aquarium. (Photo Courtesy of the Birch ...

The rarely seen species was accidentally trapped in a fishing vessel’s tuna net, according to the study. Photo by Egle Sidaraviciute via Unsplash. During a multiday trip on the Indian Ocean off the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (NEXSTAR) — It is not common for the oarfish ...