Researchers from the University of Aukland got a chance sighting of an octopus hitching a ride on the back of a shark, which ...

Marine scientists from the University of Auckland witnessed an extraordinary event off the coast of New Zealand. They ...

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

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

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The encounter was strange beyond the fact that the orange blob ...

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

Researchers in New Zealand captured the odd pairing on video, but they still don’t know how to explain the behavior ...

The team spotted an orange mass on a Mako shark’s head and sent in a pair of cameras for a closer look. They then realized the odd blob was a coiled octopus hitching a ride on the shark.

The encounter was strange beyond the fact that the orange blob looked rather like a bold fashion statement secured to the shark's head. Of the approximately 300 species of octopus scattered across ...