Researchers at University of Auckland documented the real-life sharktopus during a December 2023 expedition in the Hauraki ...

Researchers discovered an octopus catching a ride on a shortfin Mako shark off the shores of New Zealand, according to ...

Whale shark with injury to the dorsal fin, likely to be caused by collision with a vessel. Credit: Gonzalo Araujo ...

Just consider that the whale shark can measure up to 60 feet in length ... Often called the anvil shark, the Stethacanthus had an odd dorsal fin that it’s now known for. We all know what the ...

He has even dressed up as a killer whale, complete with towering black dorsal fin, to gauge the reaction ... after the great white and the tiger shark. (There are nine species of hammerheads ...

The group includes the more famous animals such as whale sharks and great whites ... and so technically not a shark. As active predators they had torpedo-shaped bodies, forked tails and dorsal fins.