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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

The octopus in question was no lightweight. It was a Māori octopus, the largest octopus species in the Southern Hemisphere.

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

A video shows a Maori octopus hitchhiking on a shortfin mako shark in the Hauraki Gulf near New Zealand's North Island.

In an astonishing display of marine behavior, rare footage captured off the coast of New Zealand in 2023 reveals an unexpected friendship between a Maori octopus and a mako shark. This remarkable ...