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

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

"A large metallic grey dorsal fin signalled a big shark, a short-fin mako," Constantine wrote in the piece published March 11. "But wait, what was that orange patch on its head? A buoy? An injury?

Researchers have recorded rig sharks producing clicking sounds by snapping their teeth together, likely as a stress or ...

"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 ...

The motorized selfie camera proved to be a fleeting trend on smartphones. The rise of hole-punch cutouts and the ongoing ...

Three Husker students under the mentorship of Luwen Zhang, a leading University of Nebraska-Lincoln virologist, have achieved ...