The mysterious deep sea creature the Greenland shark swims around in the 'midnight zone, and new footage has revealed it in ...

Greenland sharks are large, mysterious creatures that roam the chilly waters of the north Atlantic and Arctic oceans. These ...

Polar sharks are known for their longevity, and until recently it was believed that they live exclusively in the cold waters surrounding North America and Europe. The latest discovery challenges ...

Greenland sharks are thought to have lifespans that can reach 400 years. Building upon previous work, University of Tokyo-led ...

A first-ever analysis of the whole Greenland shark genome gives researchers a couple of clues to their longevity.

It was also around this time that the first plants invaded the land. The earliest shark-like teeth we have come from an Early Devonian (410-million-year-old) fossil belonging to an ancient fish called ...

What’s more, these slow-growing creatures don’t reach reproductive age until around 150 years old. Measuring the Greenland shark’s growth rate is challenging because individuals are rarely ...

These elusive animals are considered the longest-living vertebrates on the planet, and they can survive to be roughly 400 years old. But how ... sequencing a Greenland shark’s genome ...