A Greenland shark swimming through the North Atlantic today may have been alive before the modern world existed. Researchers ...
Scientists estimate that Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) may live for 500 years, and have dated one living example ...
Greenland sharks are spilling new secrets about antiaging.
Described by one researcher as looking ‘already dead’, the enigmatic creatures are one of the least understood species on the planet ...
Irvine, Calif., Jan. 5, 2026 — Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. “You see it move its eye,” says the UC Irvine associate professor of ...
A viral social media post has highlighted the Greenland shark, a species scientifically estimated to live for centuries, with some individuals potentially nearing 400 years old. This remarkable ...
Maintaining perfect vision for 400 years is a biological achievement for the Greenland shark. Operating at 9,500 feet creates high-pressure conditions that typically trigger retinal DNA fragmentation.