It was just the 21st of the species documented to have washed up in California since 1901. The previous 12¼-foot-long oarfish was found dead by kayakers and snorkelers at La Jolla Cove. Ben Frable, manager of the Scripps Oceanography Marine Vertebrate ...

Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at Grandview Beach in Encinitas

For the second time this year, a rare deep-sea oarfish has washed ashore in San Diego County, giving scientists a chance to study the species without plumbing the depths of the ocean, it was announced Wednesday.