When toxic chemicals are dumped into water bodies, they leach into the ocean floor and surrounding vegetation. New study ...

In Japanese mythology, the deep-sea-dwelling oarfish is a harbinger of impending disaster. For scientists in California, ...

A dead oarfish spotted along the Southern California coast marks the state's third sighting of the so-called "doomsday fish" ...

An oarfish, also known as a "doomsday fish," was spotted on Grandview Beach in Encinitas, California by a PhD candidate at ...

Yet another oarfish -- a super rare fish commonly referred to as the "doomsday fish" -- was recently found dead in California ...

ABC 10News reported live from the Scripps Pier in La Jolla on Tuesday. It's been used for all different kinds of research ...

An oarfish, sometimes called the 'doomsday fish,' was spotted in California for the second time this year. The extremely rare ...

Kerstin Bergentz is a fifth-year PhD candidate studying physical oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC ...

A rare deep-sea oarfish has washed up in California, the third to do so in a few months and only the 22nd since 1901.

Melisssa Carter with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography talks to ABC 10News about the types of research their conducting ...

If one oarfish landing on a beach is a sign of a disaster to come, how bad will it be if three wash up in quick succession?

The doomsday fish got its name because it looks like a mythical sea creature, with a long, ribbon-shaped body that can grow ...