Humans, under optimal conditions, can live to an age of 100 or more. That pales in comparison to this cold-water, ...

Greenland sharks dwell in the icy Arctic, and can live for hundreds of years. There are Greenland sharks older than the United States. This deep sea species has an expected lifespan of at least 270 ...

How many animals on Earth can claim to have been around when Beethoven was writing his symphonies? The answer may blow your mind the Greenland shark. These deep sea fish are the ultimate time ...

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There are Greenland sharks older than the United States. This deep sea species has an expected lifespan of at least 270 years. Some may live longer than 500 years. And biologists have identified an ...

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Nature's oldest creatures defy aging rules. Greenland sharks live nearly 400 years. Ocean quahogs reach over 500 years.

WASHINGTON -- More than a dozen animals live longer than we do. A new study estimates that at least one Greenland shark lived about 392 years, making it the longest-living animal with a backbone. Here ...

Imagine being alive during the American Revolution. According to Danish researchers at the University of Copenhagen, a shark was old enough to have lived before the United States was ever a thought in ...

In the freezing waters of the Arctic a toothed leviathan – the Greenland shark - claims an impressive feat. It now holds the record for longest documented lifespan of any vertebrate. The new discovery ...

In the cold, dark depths of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans swims one of the planet’s most mysterious and ancient creatures. The Greenland shark, a sluggish predator with a ghostly gray body and ...