Rare Deep-Sea “Doomsday Fish” Washed Ashore and People Are Convinced It’s a Bad Omen
On a sunlit beach in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, a silvery ribbon of a fish washed ashore on February 10, 2025, catching the eyes of startled beachgoers. This was no ordinary catch. It was an oarfish — known in Japanese lore as the “Messenger of the Sea God” — a creature of the deep that rarely graces the surface.
Video captures ‘doomsday’ fish from deep sea washing ashore in Mexico
Beachgoers were shocked to discover an oarfish — a creature whose appearance, according to folklore, can be a good omen or a harbinger of doom.
'Doomsday Fish' Washes Up on Beach, Sparking Disaster Fears
Oarfish have long been associated with impending doom and its eerie appearance and deep-sea origins have cemented its reputation as a creature of superstition.
Rare deep sea ‘doomsday fish’ washes ashore alive on Mexico beach
An oarfish, a super rare creature commonly referred to as the “doomsday fish,” washed ashore on a beach in Mexico, leaving beachgoers stunned.
Fish Seen as Omen of ‘Disasters or Destruction' Just Washed Ashore in Mexico
A rare creature nicknamed the “doomsday fish” was spotted way outside its usual stomping waters, sending onlookers into a spiral of existential dread. Earlier this month, a rare and glimmering oarfish was spotted along the shores of Baja California Sur in Mexico.
‘The way I sobbed’: The internet is mourning the deep-sea anglerfish who swam to the surface to die
TikTok users are mourning, celebrating, and mythologizing an anglerfish who was spotted rising to the surface of the sea ...
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Elusive Deep-Sea Fish Mysteriously Rises to Ocean's Surface in 'Extremely Rare' Broad Daylight Sighting
Researchers say the new footage of the deep sea fish may be the first live sighting of the creature in daylight near the ...
Watch this creepy deep sea creature see the light of day, a first in recorded history
Humpback anglerfish typically are found at depths of up to 1,500 meters below the water's surface, where there is little to ...
Is a key ocean current system slowing down? A new study adds to the debate.
A team of researchers reconstructed a critical ocean current system — called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC — in computer models and found no evidence of long-term weakening ...
Ocean Temperatures Are Rising Much Faster Than Scientists Expected.
According to scientists at the University of Reading, the global mean sea surface temperature (GMSST) is rising 400 percent faster than it was in the late 1980s. The scientists also estimate that the ...
A Deep-Sea Fish of Nightmares Strays Into Shallow Waters
A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.
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Ocean-surface warming four times faster now than late-1980s
Professor Chris Merchant, lead author at the University of Reading, said: "If the oceans were a bathtub of water, then in the ... warmth is explained by the sea surface warming up faster in ...
Rare footage of lost anglerfish awes internet, raising questions about ocean conservation
Scientists spotted the anglerfish in shallow waters, which is highly unusual and could indicate something deeper ...