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

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

Imagery of the "amazing" act was caught by Amy's colleague off the country's western coastline near Mandurah, 70 kilometres south of Perth, and the pictures even show the octopus fighting back in a ...

In what sounds like the plot of a marine heist movie, a clever octopus named Inky made a bold dash for freedom—escaping from ...

The octopus uses chromatophores to change color, texture, and shape for camouflage and communication. The flamboyant ...

More than a fanciful shark-octopus hybrid featured in low-budget sci-fi films of the 2010s, the "sharktopus" has been spotted in real life - well, kind of. The sighting was not that of some mish ...

(CNN) - Amazing newly released video shows a most unlikely traveling duo in New Zealand. It was an octopus riding on a shark’s head. The University of Auckland released a video on social media ...