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

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 ...

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

More than a fanciful shark-octopus hybrid featured in low-budget sci-fi films of the 2010s, the "sharktopus" has been spotted ...

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

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

A real-life "Sharktopus" situation unfolded in the Hauraki Gulf near Kawau Island in New Zealand, and scientists couldn't ...

"We launched the drone, put the GoPro in the water, and saw something unforgettable: an octopus perched atop the shark’s head ...

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

More than a fanciful shark-octopus hybrid featured in low-budget sci-fi films of the 2010s, the "sharktopus" has been spotted in real life - well, kind of. The sighting was not that of some mish ...