Researchers caught a glimpse at what they dubbed a "sharktopus" -- a bizarre sighting of the tentacled creature clinging to the back of a shark. Youtube/University of Auckland See more of our coverage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shark researchers at Australia's University of Auckland were surprised recently to see an orange octopus perched atop a mako shark ...

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-budget ...

A research team from the University of Auckland was out studying feeding frenzies when they came across something far more remarkable: an octopus taking a ride on a shark’s back. The shark was ...

"That's an octopus! Oh my god!" an observer exclaims Wednesday Davis/University of Auckland An octopus got to rest its many legs when it ended up aboard a mako shark for a leisurely ride. In a video ...

An octopus taking a ride on a shark’s back in New Zealand surprised a research team from the University of Auckland.

Forget "sharknado" — this footage shows a new feat of nature. 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 ...