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

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.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

If you Google 'are octopuses aliens?' the Google AI snipped says right at the top 'no, octopuses are not aliens' and you'd ...

Did you know octopuses are highly intelligent animals with the ability to problem-solve complex puzzles – and even change ...

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

An unexpected marine phenomenon was observed in New Zealand waters: an octopus riding a shark. This unusual scene, captured by researchers, raises questions about interactions between ...

One species, the common blanket octopus, carries tentacles from the Portuguese man o' war (another species) as a weapon. "These tentacles carry a potent and painful venom — the common blanket ...