Mako sharks are some of the most elusive sharks in the world. Because mako sharks prefer the open ocean to the shallower areas near the shoreline, less is known about them than about other species.

In 2013, fishers off Southern California reeled in an enormous, 11-foot-long (3.3 meters) mako shark. At over 1,300 pounds (590 kilograms), the animal — dubbed "The Beast" — was one of the heaviest ...

Like the intrepid fishermen in “Jaws,” these anglers in Whitianga, New Zealand are definitely going to need a bigger boat. No doubt attracted by their bait, a giant mako leaped into the air and landed ...

No shark fishery can sustain a 25 percent removal every year.” Three sharks is a crowd for makos, which tend to be solitary and highly migratory, sometimes crossing the waters of more than a dozen ...

"That's an octopus! Oh my god!" an observer exclaims Wednesday Davis/University of Auckland An octopus got to rest its many legs when it ended up aboard a mako shark for a leisurely ride. In a video ...

Forget “sharknado” — this footage shows a new feat of nature. Researchers from the University of Aukland got a chance sighting of an octopus hitching a ride on the back of a shark, which they have ...

The rare sighting, captured on video off the coast of New Zealand and shared by scientists affiliated with the University of Auckland, shows a Maori octopus riding on top of a mako shark, which is the ...

Anglers out of San Diego boated a large swordfish recently, but not before an equally large mako shark claimed part of the catch. “The taxman took his share, but Pacifica Sportfishing managed most of ...

In what can only be described as a real-life underwater whodunnit, scientists think they have identified the primary suspects involved in the disappearance of a pregnant porbeagle shark that was being ...

Virginia Tech researchers successfully tagged a young shortfin mako shark in the Mediterranean during the summer of 2023, the first time that this has been done in the region. These sharks are ...

A fishing-themed Instagram page on Thursday shared graphic footage showing a large mako shark savagely attacking a sea lion off Southern California. (Footage is posted below.) There was no doubt about ...