Discover the Doomsday Fish, also known as the Oarfish, a mysterious deep-sea creature linked to natural disaster myths. Learn ...

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 ...

After Mexico, New Zealand and Australia, the 'doomsday' fish has now been spotted on Indian shores. Reports claimed that an oarfish was caught in Tamil Nadu, marking another stop in its rare ...

The elusive oarfish, dubbed the \"doomsday fish,\" is steeped in folklore, particularly in Japan where it's seen as a harbinger of earthquakes. While it ...

An oarfish, also known as the "doomsday fish", was recently caught off the Tamil Nadu coast. This deep-sea creature, rarely seen near the surface, is thought to be a warning of natural disasters.

Giant oarfish inhabit the mesopelagic zone of the ocean—between 660 to 3,300 feet (200 to 1,000 meters) below the surface. These depths are characterized by low light and frigid temperatures.

A group of fishermen accidentally caught a massive oarfish off the coast of Tamil Nadu, India on May 30. The fish had gotten ...

He explained that oarfish are an “epipelagic” species, meaning they generally reside at about 1,650 feet below the ocean’s surface. So to have one wash ashore is an unusual, although not ...

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 ...

Rare ‘doomsday’ oarfish on display at Birch Aquarium after washing up in San Diego by: Anna Ashcraft Posted: Apr 29, 2025 / 09:59 PM PDT Updated: Apr 29, 2025 / 09:59 PM PDT ...

Oarfish sightings have long been linked to earthquakes in popular myths but scientists are now exploring whether these deep-sea giants could actually detect seismic shifts. Oarfish normally live ...