In the waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic, a remarkable creature glides silently through the darkness. The Greenland ...

The Greenland shark is often called a living fossil, and this episode shows why it feels like a relic that never got the memo to disappear. It lives in brutally cold water, can grow to nearly 21 feet, ...

The Greenland shark ( Somniosus microcephalus) is no ordinary fish. Measuring up to 23 feet (seven meters) long and capable of living for over 400 years, it moves through the icy waters of the North ...

Meet the longest-lived animal with a backbone. Scientists estimate that Greenland sharks live for around 250 years, but some may live as long as 500 years. These cold-water sharks not only eat sea ...

A 400-year-old Greenland shark, the world’s longest-living vertebrate, was spotted 4,000 miles from its Arctic home, offering ...

Greenland sharks are thought to have lifespans that can reach 400 years. Building upon previous work, University of Tokyo-led researchers have now sequenced a chromosome-level genome of the Greenland ...

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The Greenland shark – the world's longest-living vertebrate – is most often associated with cold Arctic waters. However, a new international study led by researchers from the Greenland Institute of ...

Small Greenland shark measuring approx. 120 cm from Vågsfjorden in northern Norway, released with a tag so that it can be recognized if recaptured. Photo: Martin Nielsen Greenland shark from NW approx ...