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.

The Greenland shark lives in one of the most extreme environments. Temperatures frequently fall below zero, yet this shark thrives. It’s predicted that this shark could live to 200 years old ...

Dive into the mysterious world of the Greenland shark, an ancient Arctic predator that defies nature. Discover how this sluggish giant lives for centuries in extreme cold, hunts with poor vision, and ...

While the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) may not have the same fame as the great white shark, it holds an impressive distinction: it is the longest-living vertebrate species known to ...

Nielsen and his colleagues found that the estimated age of a Greenland shark was over 272 years, though some models suggested that the upper age limit could be nearly 500 years. Its discovery ...

The purpose of the mission was to understand more about the Greenland shark, a top predator in the Arctic, which lives for more than 272 years, and possibly even more than 400. Scientists know that it ...

A Greenland shark was found on a beach in Cornwall. A rare type of shark which has not been seen in British waters for nine years has been spotted on a Cornish beach. The shark was found dead on ...

Matteo Della Bordella, Silvan Schüpbach and Christian Ledergerber have made the first ascent of The Great Shark Hunt, a new route up the Shark's Tooth in Greenland. " On August 18th we arrived on the ...