Marine scientists from the University of Auckland witnessed an extraordinary event off the coast of New Zealand. They observed a common octopus riding on the back of a shortfin mako shark. The ...

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 ...

Researchers from the University of Aukland got a chance sighting of an octopus hitching a ride on the back of a shark, which they have dubbed “sharktopus.” The team was off the Northern coast ...

What they discovered was far from what they expected: the mysterious blob was actually a Maori octopus clinging to the shark's head. "It was definitely working to keep itself very contained on top ...

THIS is the horrific moment an aggressive octopus latches onto a snorkeler and nearly strangles him after its home was disturbed. Viral footage showed the eight-limbed creature in a nightmare ...

Constantine said. Their eyes weren’t deceiving them. An octopus was riding the shark. They nicknamed it the “sharktopus” and said it was one of the strangest things they had ever seen in the ...

It’s the aquatic buddy comedy movie we never knew we needed. Scientists in New Zealand have released footage of an octopus appearing to ride the back of a shortfin mako shark. Researchers at ...