The toxic pesticide DDT was dumped into the ocean off Southern California more than 50 years ago, and it is still contaminating fish and sediments in the region decades later, according to researchers ...

North Carolina angler Earl Gill IV was among a group of 26 fishermen enjoying a 10-day, long-range fishing trip aboard the “Excel” boat in mid-November. The 124-foot boat run by veteran Captain Justin ...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) — Another oarfish has made its way from the deep sea to the coast of San Diego County in Southern California. Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers stumbled upon the rare ...

The remains of the longest bony fish in the world, the rare deep-sea oarfish, have washed up on California shores only 22 times in the past 123 years. Now, three have washed up in just the past few ...

The elusive deep-water oarfish - considered to be a harbinger of bad news - was spotted yet again on the shores of Encinitas, California. It was the state's third time spotting the species in the last ...

A so-called "doomsday fish" has washed up on a Southern California beach — typically an extremely rare occurrence, but this is the second time this year it has happened. The rare oarfish found on ...

While Japanese folklore links oarfish sightings to earthquakes, scientists say there is no scientific evidence to support this claim. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography will study the oarfish to ...