Inside the oarfish's dorsal fin, hundreds of rods swivel in full circles. Sections of fin move in opposite directions thus propelling the fish through the water.

Learn how an oarfish’s hundreds of joystick-like fin rays help it swim and could inspire underwater robots that move without ...

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Sailors spotting sea serpents might not have been telling tall tales. The oarfish, with its blank eyes, feathered crest, and snakelike body that can grow more than 25-feet long, is a dead ringer for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group of divers encountered a rare giant oarfish off the coast of Taiwan. The viral video, originally published by diving ...

Those familiar with oarfish know that they live at great depths, are mostly seen dead and washed up on shore, and are often referred to as a doomsday fish because seeing one is a warning sign of ...

Is there about to be an apocalypse? A rare “doomsday” oarfish has washed ashore yet again — this time in Australia, sparking fears that a catastrophe could be around the corner. “I just knew it was ...

This one had circular bites taken out of it, likely by a cookiecutter shark. Divers in Taiwan recently caught an extremely rare sight of an oarfish off the coast of New Taipei’s Ruifang District.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A gargantuan oarfish has been fished out of the ocean off the coast of ...

Oarfish washing ashore on Pacific beaches probably aren't warning of an impending earthquake after all, according to a new study. Japanese folklore says that when these long, serpentlike silver fish ...