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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A very strange marine life encounter caught on video left scientists baffled when it was first spotted in New Zealand waters in 2023. More than a fanciful shark-octopus hybrid featured in low ...

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 ...

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.