A research team from the University of Auckland was out studying feeding frenzies when they came across something far more ...

Marine scientists from the University of Auckland witnessed an extraordinary event off the coast of New Zealand. They observed a common octopus riding ...

In a remarkable encounter that has captured the attention of marine enthusiasts worldwide, researchers off the coast of New Zealand spotted a rare phenomenon: an octopus hitching a ride on a shark.

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 ...

A very strange marine life encounter caught on video left scientists baffled when it was first spotted in New Zealand waters in 2023. More than a fanciful shark-octopus hybrid featured in low ...

One summer day off the northern coast of New Zealand, Rochelle Constantine noticed something strange on the water’s surface. The dorsal fin slicing through the Hauraki Gulf belonged to a shortfin mako ...

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

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

Sound Transit will vote on appointment of Dow Constantine as CEO at a March 27 meeting. King County, Wash. SEATTLE — Sound Transit’s board will vote on the appointment of Dow Constantine as its new ...