Researchers from the University of Aukland got a chance sighting of an octopus hitching a ride on the back of a shark, which ...

Is this a new alliance between marine species? According to images published by the University of Auckland in New Zealand, ...

The rare sighting of an octopus riding on top of a shark was shared by scientists with the University of Auckland after it ...

Somehow, a large orange octopus has been riding a mako shark off the coast of New Zealand. Researchers are mystified.

Researchers in New Zealand saw a colorful blob on top of a shark’s head. When they looked closer, they realized it had eight ...

An octopus hitched a ride on the back of a mako shark in extraordinary nature footage released by the University of Auckland.

Marine scientists from the University of Auckland witnessed an extraordinary event off the coast of New Zealand. They ...

“We could see these tentacles moving,” she added in a March 20 interview with The New York Times.

The octopus in question was no lightweight. It was a Māori octopus, the largest octopus species in the Southern Hemisphere.

Photographer Michael Busch captured video footage of a 6 foot long shark swimming near two unsuspecting snorkelers in the waters near Stuart, Florida.

With documented swimming speeds of up to 46 miles per hour, mako sharks represent the world’s fastest elasmobranch species.

Researchers at University of Auckland documented the real-life sharktopus during a December 2023 expedition in the Hauraki ...