A real-life "Sharktopus" situation unfolded in the Hauraki Gulf near Kawau Island in New Zealand, and scientists couldn't ...

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.

A group of marine biologists who have spent years researching sharks and their behaviour were completely dumbfounded by a ...

The Dumbo octopus is an elusive cephalopod that gets its name from its large ear-like fins, which resemble those of the lovable Disney elephant. But there's still lots we don't know about these ...

The dozen or so species that make up Grimpoteuthis are called Dumbo octopuses because of the two large fins—one on either side of the mantle—that protrude like ears. Add in the octopus’s ...

The research team said the octopus was likely in for “quite the experience” since short-fin mako sharks are the world’s ...

A frilled pygmy octopus hitched a ride on a diver’s fin in Port Phillip Bay, off the coast of Portsea, Victoria, with the encounter marking only the second time the species has been observed in the ...