For generations, Dunkleosteus terrelli, also known as Ohio’s state fossil fish, has been a familiar figure for those in the Cleveland area, regarded as one of prehistory’s great sea monsters. This ...

A rare deep-sea fish was spotted in San Diego, one of just 20 that have washed up in California in over a century. Kayakers and snorkelers came across a 12-foot oarfish in La Jolla Cove last weekend, ...

When Ted Judah goes scuba diving off the coast in Monterey Bay, he normally swims at the surface to the area above the dive ...

Only 19 oarfish — a very long, silvery, deep-sea dweller — have been found along California's shore since way back in 1901, according to an expert from UC San Diego. That number increased to 20 over ...

In May 1925, a strange decaying corpse washed ashore on Moore’s Beach, now known as Natural Bridges State Beach, in Santa Cruz. Locals who swarmed out to investigate the specimen described elephantine ...