Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers stumbled upon the rare fish, considered the largest vertebrate in the world’s ...

A deep-sea dweller that rarely comes to the ocean’s surface washed ashore a beach in Southern California, making it the ...

For the second time this year, a deep-sea oarfish has washed ashore in San Diego County, giving scientists a rare chance to ...

UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography Tuesday was awarded a five-year, $40 million award from the U.S. Army ...

The discovery of the dead 9½-foot-long fish follows a similar find by kayakers and snorkelers in August at La Jolla Cove ...

A coastal research and monitoring program led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been awarded a ...

Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at ...

The 9.5-foot oarfish was discovered on Nov. 6, marking the second such occurrence in San Diego County this year.

For the second time this year, a rare deep-sea oarfish has washed ashore in San Diego County – this time on Grandview Beach in Encinitas.

Also known as “doomsday fish,” oarfish occupy a hallowed place in the museum of marine oddities: They can grow to dozens of ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego works to understand and protect the planet and find solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges. Humankind faces catastrophic changes in ...

Ethan Staats is a fourth-year PhD student studying marine biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Staats grew up in New York. He received his bachelor’s degree in biology from ...