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.

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

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

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

It shows an octopus hitching a ride on a shark, somewhere in New Zealand. And it also has researchers perplexed. Check it out ...

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

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

Researchers with the University of Auckland recently witnessed an extraordinary scene in which a mako shark appears to be ...

Maori octopuses are the largest octopuses in the Southern Hemisphere, reaching about 1 meter (3.28 feet) in length. Shortfin mako sharks are known for being one of the fastest fish in the world, with ...

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