"One of the best things about being a marine scientist is that you never know what you might see next in the sea," writes ...

In December 2023, researchers in the Hauraki Gulf, near New Zealand, captured an astonishing sight—an octopus clinging to the back of a shortfin mako shark. The rare encounter was caught on camera, ...

Researchers discovered an octopus catching a ride on a shortfin Mako shark off the shores of New Zealand, according to multiple reports. A YouTube video titled, “Sharktopus': Octopus hitches a ...

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The mako shark she saw swimming near the surface wasn’t unusual on its own—but the giant orange patch on its head was. “At first, I was like, ‘Is it a buoy?’” says Constantine to ...

That was the case when a team from the University of Auckland in New Zealand noticed a 10-foot-long shortfin mako shark adorned with an unexpected passenger. “What was that orange patch on its head?

This is the moment an octopus was seen riding on the back of a shark off the coast of New Zealand. Marine biologist Rochelle Constantine said, this sharktopus was a mysterious find indeed.

A group of marine biologists who have spent years researching sharks and their behaviour were completely dumbfounded by a rare sight off the coast of New Zealand. A large shark was spotted thanks ...

We know the ocean is strange. Even so, it still surprises us. Biologists aboard a University of Auckland vessel spotted a large mako shark in December 2023. But there was something orange on top of it ...

This sharktopus (a.k.a. a short-fin mako shark giving an octopus a ride on its back) in the Hauraki Gulf was a mysterious find for University of Auckland marine scientist Professor Rochelle ...

The researchers were studying the Hauraki Gulf as part of an ongoing project, when they spotted a large metallic grey dorsal fin, which turned out to be a short-fin mako shark. But a closer look ...

Researchers captured a video showing the orange-hued octopus clinging to the back of a large shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) as it swims. This "sharktopus" was spotted in the Hauraki Gulf ...