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

Basking Shark season tends to be May or October, and there are a few hotspots around the British Isles where you'll most ...

A video shows a Maori octopus hitchhiking on a shortfin mako shark in the Hauraki Gulf near New Zealand's North Island.

The octopus in question was no lightweight. It was a Māori octopus, the largest octopus species in the Southern Hemisphere.

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

Basking Shark season tends to be May or October, and there are a few hotspots around the British Isles where you'll most likely spot them. Basking sharks pose no danger to humans in general, but they ...

Carla Mascarenhas is the NSW correspondent covering breaking news, state politics and investigations. She is based in Sydney.

Scientists were amazed to spot a Maori octopus hitchhiking on the back of a speedy shortfin mako shark, an unusual sight ...

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With documented swimming speeds of up to 46 miles per hour, mako sharks represent the world’s fastest elasmobranch species.

“We could see these tentacles moving,” she added in a March 20 interview with The New York Times.

They observed a common octopus riding on the back of a shortfin mako shark. The encounter between these two species that typically inhabit different depths left researchers amazed and puzzled.