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

The now-extinct megalodon shark may have been larger than first believed, reaching lengths of 80 feet (24.3 meters), ...

The column (or "trunk") is almost complete, measuring about 11 m (36 ft) long, although the head and tail are absent. In order to estimate the shark's entire body length, Shimada collaborated with ...

The giant extinct shark species known as the megalodon has captured the interest of scientists and the general public alike, ...

The animal had a curious orangey-brown mass perched on top of its head. “At first ... sent up a drone to get a closer look at the 10-foot-long shark. As the boat sidled closer, her colleague ...

A new study proposes that the massive ancient shark was built more slenderly than a great white. But not all paleontologists ...

It was an octopus riding on a shark’s head. The University of Auckland released a video on social media of an odd encounter, which was actually captured in late 2023, when a research team was ...

Along with teeth, the existing fossil record includes parts of giant shark skeletons from the same period, including a 36-foot-long (11-meter ... t we estimate the head length and a tail length ...