The California Office of Traffic Safety grant is expected to further educate parents and caregivers about the importance of child safety.

Also known as “doomsday fish,” oarfish occupy a hallowed place in the museum of marine oddities: They can grow to dozens of feet in length, are the longest bony fish in the world and generally swim vertically,

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.