THE world’s “most mysterious” shark that lives for 400 years has been spotted lurking off the UK’s coast. Greenland sharks are have conquered longevity to the point they ...

The Greenland shark lives in one of the most ... and it’s thought this compensates for the shark being blind. The parasitic copepod ommatokoita elongata attaches itself to the cornea of these ...

Guðjón Hildibrandsson: The Greenland shark is the most toxic shark in the world. Fresh meat, you will get very sick. Then a little bit more, you could probably go blind. And then death after that.

The Greenland shark, one of the longest-living vertebrates on Earth, has baffled scientists for years with its ability to survive for centuries. Some individuals alive today may have been swimming ...

Measuring the Greenland shark’s growth rate is challenging because individuals are rarely recaptured. However, one shark tagged in 1936 had only grown 2.3 inches when it reappeared 16 years later.