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

Greenland sharks are large, mysterious creatures that roam the chilly waters of the north Atlantic and Arctic oceans. These ...

Despite their ancient existence, the Greenland shark was only recently recognized as the longest-living vertebrate, primarily because scientists had long struggled to determine its age.

The mysterious deep sea creature the Greenland shark swims around in the 'midnight zone, and new footage has revealed it in ...

But how and why do Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) live to such an advanced age? For a long time ... While sequencing a Greenland shark’s genome, researchers in Japan discovered ...

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 ...

What’s more, these slow-growing creatures don’t reach reproductive age until around 150 years old. Measuring the Greenland shark’s growth rate is challenging because individuals are rarely ...

Previous studies pointed out that the number of genes involved in DNA repair and the fact that metabolism does not decrease with age are also reasons for its longevity. The Greenland shark ...

That's because as age progresses, cells within the body ... features protect them from Cancer To reveal the secret of Greenland shark's long and healthy life, a group of researchers performed ...

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 ...