Nature unveiled another mystery when an octopus was caught cruising through the waters of New Zealand — by hitching a ride on ...

That said, I’m not sure many of those same people would saddle up if they were hopping on the back of a shark instead. This ...

Researchers in New Zealand captured the odd pairing on video, but they still don’t know how to explain the behavior ...

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

By Melissa Hobson When she spotted the mako shark in the Hauraki Gulf off New Zealand, Rochelle Constantine, a marine ecologist at the University of Auckland, was concerned. The animal had a ...

In a remarkable encounter that has captured the attention of marine enthusiasts worldwide, researchers off the coast of New Zealand spotted a rare phenomenon: an octopus hitching a ride on a shark.

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

Marine scientists from the University of Auckland witnessed an extraordinary event off the coast of New Zealand. They observed a common octopus riding ...

The encounter took place in the Hauraki Gulf, where a University of Auckland research team was analyzing ocean behavior in search of feeding frenzies. Initially bewildered by what appeared to be an ...

“The ‘sharktopus’ is a reminder of the wonders of the ocean,” said marine scientist Rochelle Constantine. “At first, I was like: ‘Is it a buoy?’ Is it entangled in fishing gear or ...