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

A thresher shark conservation effort in eastern Indonesia focusing on alternative sources of income has reduced up to 90% of ...

Scientists visited fish markets and ports in search of sharks, ghost sharks, rays and skates caught by fishermen. Take a look ...

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

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

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.

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 ...

An octopus got to rest its many legs when it ended up aboard a mako shark for a leisurely ride. In a video captured in ...

As the recreational fishery chips away at shark populations outside the boundaries of scientists’ data books — and as a new ...

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.

Explore the complex issue of catch-and-release sharks and why stronger measures are needed to protect threatened species worldwide.

Researchers with the University of Auckland recently witnessed an extraordinary scene in which a mako shark appears to be providing taxi service for an octopus. The bizarre interaction ...