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

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

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

A shortfin mako shark, the fastest-swimming shark in the world, was caught on camera with an octopus catching a ride on its back off the coast of New Zealand.

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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

Human actions, such as incidental fishing and ineffective policies, push one-third of shark populations toward extinction.