Legend has it that the original Mako Shark concept car's name and color scheme were inspired by the real thing—specifically, a mako shark that GM styling chief Bill Mitchell caught himself and ...

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

electronic high-tech Corvette concept car." A few years later, the vice president of GM's Styling Staff (now General Motors Design Center) caught a Mako Shark while deep-sea fishing off the coast ...

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.