The Greenland shark, a slow-moving giant of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, holds the record as the longest-lived ...

A first-ever analysis of the whole Greenland shark genome gives researchers a couple of clues to their longevity.

Previous research has shown that the Greenland shark, which lives in the deep waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, has a lifespan extending to nearly 400 years. It is the largest extant ...

I was tagging along with a Greenlandic family, on their way to their favorite fishing spot. The journey was part of a nearly two-week reporting trip to Greenland, an island that conjures up images ...

How Greenland sharks' features protect them from Cancer To reveal the secret of Greenland shark's long and healthy life, a group of researchers performed a comprehensive genomic analysis.

The yet-to-be peer-reviewed findings may help find new treatments for cancer and therapies to boost lifespan in humans, scientists say. Previous research has shown that the Greenland shark, which ...

The longevity secret of the Greenland shark, known as the longest-living vertebrate on Earth, has been revealed. There are many genes closely related to cancer that regulate immune responses ...

While sequencing a Greenland shark’s genome, researchers in Japan discovered multiple copies of genes that might help explain why the animals don’t often get cancer, reports New Scientist’s ...