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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.

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

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

As the video went viral, social media users reacted in astonishment with many calling the octopus smart for utilising the ...

Scientists were amazed to spot a Maori octopus hitchhiking on the back of a speedy shortfin mako shark, an unusual sight ...