When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Wednesday Davis An octopus has been spotted catching a ride from an unlikely marine ...

"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 ...

Salmon hats on killer whales have been well documented. Even a parasitic species is creating zombie spiders. But in a first, a rare "sharktopus" sighting was filmed as an octopus hitched a ride on the ...

Shark researchers at Australia's University of Auckland were surprised recently to see an orange octopus perched atop a mako shark. They sent up their drone and captured a delightful if mystifying ...

A sight that even experienced marine biologists don’t see every day: An octopus clings to the head of the world’s fastest shark — and is comfortably carried away. What this unusual encounter is all ...

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 ...

Researchers spotted an orange blob near a shark's head. It turned out to be an octopus along for a ride. Wednesday Davis / University of Auckland In December 2023, marine ecologist Rochelle ...

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 Forget “sharknado” — ...

A shortfin mako shark, the fastest-swimming shark in the world, was caught on camera with an octopus catching a ride on its back off the coast of New Zealand.