Once the shark was landed, Grey marveled at its build—streamlined, muscular, with a head like a bullet. “I had never seen its like,” he wrote. “Every line of this mako showed speed and ...

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 ...

Shortfin mako sharks are considered the fastest sharks in the world. They can swim as fast as 31mph with a top speed of ...

when they spotted a large short-fin mako shark just underwater. The patch of orange on top of its head confused them. Marine scientist Rochelle Constantine initially thought they were seeing a ...

many of which are the ocean‘s top predators. That wasn’t the case for this octopus. In 2023, scientists spotted an eight-armed cephalopod riding on a 10-foot mako shark—and their video of ...