This was the first time a Greenland shark was reported in the western Caribbean, researchers said. This species of shark is typically found in the Arctic and thousands of feet below the ocean surface.

He was hunting an ancient Greenland shark in water 1,600 feet deep. "There are only about 10 to 15 Greenland sharks caught every year in all of Scandinavia so it is a rare species," Abrahamsson said.

After conferring with several Greenland shark experts, the final determination was that it was definitely in the sleeper shark family — and because of its large size, it was most likely a ...

A Greenland shark was found at a coral reef off the coast of Belize. The shark, known as an "enigma to science," is half-blind and normally lives in the freezing Arctic and North Atlantic oceans ...

A kayak fisherman from Sweden shattered the kayak fishing record for heaviest catch by reeling in a Greenland shark weighing an estimated 1,247 pounds, according to Kayak Fish Magazine. The fish ...

This, along with historical targeted fishing pressure, has contributed to a decline of about 60% in the past 420 years. In 2020, the Greenland shark’s conservation status on the IUCN Red List ...

An individual Greenland shark can be almost 500 years old, making it the oldest vertebrate on the planet. ... Strong currents and winds have made it a graveyard for fishing boats.

The Caribbean shark discovery took place thousands of miles from where Greenland sharks are normally found. Kasana was working with Belizean fishers to tag tiger sharks (Galeocerdo cuvier) as part ...

Mysteries surround the elusive Greenland shark, the longest-living vertebrate in the world. Researchers have new insight into the unique fish’s genetic makeup.

The Greenland shark’s genome Greenland sharks grow at an extremely slow rate of less than 1 centimeter (0.4 inch) a year but eventually can reach more than 6 meters (about 20 feet) in length ...

The Greenland shark’s genome Greenland sharks grow at an extremely slow rate of less than 1 centimeter (0.4 inch) a year but eventually can reach more than 6 meters (about 20 feet) in length ...