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

Researchers in New Zealand captured the odd pairing on video, but they still don’t know how to explain the behavior ...

An octopus hitched a ride on the back of a mako shark in extraordinary nature footage released by the University of Auckland. Researchers at the institution dubbed the underwater friendship ...

By Melissa Hobson When she spotted the mako shark in the Hauraki Gulf off New Zealand, Rochelle Constantine, a marine ecologist at the University of Auckland, was concerned. The animal had a ...

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

Professor Rochelle Constantine said this made the combination all the more mysterious, as “octopus are mostly on the seabed while short-fin mako sharks don’t favor the deep.” (Credit ...

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“At first, I was like: ‘Is it a buoy?’” marine scientist Rochelle Constantine told the New York Times. “‘Is it entangled in fishing gear or had a big bite?’” The phenomenon was ...