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 ...

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

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

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

One summer day off the northern coast of New Zealand, Rochelle Constantine noticed something strange on the water’s surface.

Researchers off the coast of New Zealand caught a rare sight on camera - an octopus hitching a ride on the back of an ...

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

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

An octopus taking a ride on a shark’s back in New Zealand surprised a research team from the University of Auckland.

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