In a discovery that has stunned the scientific world, researchers have found that the Greenland shark ... at less than 1 mph, ...

Life in the cold. The largest fish in the Arctic Ocean—and the only shark found there year-round—the Greenland shark also inhabits the North Atlantic and Russian high Arctic. Infrequently ...

The Greenland shark—the world's longest-living vertebrate—is most often associated with cold Arctic waters. However, a new ...

The Greenland shark has by far the longest lifespan for a vertebrate, with an estimated life span of around 400 years. Scientists recently synthesized its genome to investigate what exactly ...

One of the largest cartilaginous fishes, scientists have estimated Greenland sharks live to at least 250 years and may live over 500, making it the world's longest living vertebrate.

The Greenland shark is an old, misunderstood late-bloomer. You might be inclined to feel sorry for it—but this vertebrate lives a long, slow-going life. A team of researchers led by Julius ...

They used preserved Greenland shark red muscle, from 23 sharks of different ages, to observe how metabolic enzymes would react when activated. The sharks ranged in age from around 60 to 200 years.

How to catch an enormous Greenland shark. In 2021, Arne Sahm decided to hunt for clues behind the sharks’ long life; not just to learn about the shark, but also to potentially compare them to ...

Greenland sharks, the longest living vertebrates on Earth, which can be found off the northern coast of Ireland, could hold the secret to long life, geneticists mapping their DNA have predicted ...

The Greenland shark is the second largest shark after the great white and is the longest living vertebrate animal, according to the St. Lawrence Shark Observatory in Quebec, Canada. They typically ...