An octopus hitched a ride on the back of a mako shark in extraordinary nature footage released by the University of Auckland. Researchers at the institution dubbed the underwater friendship ...

Chilling footage has emerged of a great white shark smashing through a cage with the diver still inside. British diver, Jimi Partington, was left swimming for his life after a five-metre shark lunged ...

The first-ever sounds of sharks have been captured by researchers, according to a new study in the journal Royal Society Open Science.

The rare sighting of an octopus riding on top of a shark was shared by scientists with the University of Auckland after it was captured off the coast of New Zealand.

The clicking behaviour has been described in the new study as the first documented case of a shark deliberately making sound ...

Researchers in New Zealand saw a colorful blob on top of a shark’s head. When they looked closer, they realized it had eight arms. By Melissa Hobson When she spotted the mako shark in the ...

The team was off the Northern coast of New Zealand in the Hauraki Gulf in 2023 when they spotted a shortfin mako shark with an orange blob attached to its back. “The ‘sharktopus’ encounter ...

A very strange marine life encounter caught on video left scientists baffled when it was first spotted in New Zealand waters in 2023. More than a fanciful shark-octopus hybrid featured in low ...

Researchers in New Zealand have made what they believe is the first recording of a shark actively making noise. By Yan Zhuang Dolphins whistle. Whales sing. Fish croak, chirp, grunt, hum and growl.

Scientists recorded rig sharks producing sounds—potentially with their teeth. The clip is thought to be the first documentation of its kind. Paul Caiger / University of Auckland Scientists have ...