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 ...

Two-thirds of an octopus’ neurons reside in its arms, not its head. As a result, some of the arms can figure out how to crack open a shellfish while the rest of the animal is busy doing something else ...

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

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.

More than a fanciful shark-octopus hybrid featured in low-budget sci-fi films of the 2010s, the "sharktopus" has been spotted in real life - well, kind of. The sighting was not that of some mish ...

It is possible that the octopus is playing with the dog. Wild-caught octopuses in captivity have been recorded engaging in play-type behaviors. There is anecdotal evidence from researchers ...

A snorkeler was nearly strangled by an octopus after he disturbed the creature's home while on a dive off the coast of far-eastern Russia. Now-viral video of the encounter shows the moment the ...

Camouflaging in the wild serves many purposes, the most important being protection. When predators are nearby, an octopus changes colors to blend in with its environment. These colors allow it to ...

Their eyes weren’t deceiving them. An octopus was riding the shark. They nicknamed it the “sharktopus” and said it was one of the strangest things they had ever seen in the ocean.

Profand claims its research aims to reduce reliance on wild octopus catches and promote sustainability.