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

Researchers off the coast of New Zealand caught a rare sight on camera - an octopus hitching a ride on the back of an ...

Bridgerton star Phoebe Dynevor ’s upcoming shark thriller has had some big updates. The project, which was first announced in ...

Nature unveiled another mystery when an octopus was caught cruising through the waters of New Zealand — by hitching a ride on ...

An octopus that hitched a ride on the back of a shark off the coast of New Zealand has left marine researchers completely ...

It was an octopus riding on a shark’s head. The University of Auckland released a video on social media of an odd encounter, ...

A strange marine encounter has left scientists baffled after they spotted a real-life 'sharktopus'. The sighting off the coast of Kawau Island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf saw a Maori octopus hitch a ...

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

Maori octopuses are the largest octopuses in the Southern Hemisphere, reaching about 1 meter (3.28 feet) in length. Shortfin mako sharks are known for being one of the fastest fish in the world, with ...

"One of the best things about being a marine scientist is that you never know what you might see next in the sea," writes ...

Rare footage captured by scientists in New Zealand in 2023 shows an octopus riding on the back of a shark. In a recently released study, scientists say they still aren’t sure how the deep sea-dwelling ...

A recent sighting in New Zealand showed that the sea is full of surprises. While on a research trip, marine scientists observed an octopus attached to the head of a shortfin mako shark.