That wasn’t the case for this octopus. In 2023, scientists spotted an eight-armed cephalopod riding on a 10-foot mako shark—and their video of the bizarre journey is now available to view.

Affectionately referred to as the “Warthog,” the Fairchild Republic-created A-10 remains the sole aircraft in the Air Force’s arsenal specifically designed for close air support. With an ...

That was the case when a team from the University of Auckland in New Zealand noticed a 10-foot-long shortfin mako shark adorned with an unexpected passenger. “What was that orange patch on its head?

Designed for all-weather, night attacks, the two-seat YA-10B was meant to counter Soviet Cold War armor tactics, but only one was built. Project A-X The ...

Researchers in New Zealand saw a colorful blob on top of a shark’s head. When they looked closer, they realized it had eight ...

Researchers in New Zealand have made what they believe is the first recording of a shark actively making noise.

The clicking of flattened teeth, discovered by accident, could be “the first documented case of deliberate sound production in sharks,” evolutionary biologist Carolin Nieder, of Woods Hole ...

More information: Carolin Nieder et al, Evidence of active sound production by a shark, Royal Society Open Science (2025). DOI: 10.1098/rsos.242212 ...

The sounds of a shark have been recorded by scientists by the first time—and they’re not as intimidating as you might imagine. From May 2021 to April 2022, Nieder and the team studied 10 ...

A surfer who was attacked by a shark off the coast of Australia on Monday is presumed dead, police said Tuesday. Officials received reports of the attack around 12:10 p.m. local time on Monday ...