In a discovery that has stunned the scientific world, researchers have found that the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), a mysterious creature from the deep, can live for over 300 years.

Greenland shark could have been born up to 512 years ago and is the oldest vertebrate known to have ever lived. ... when the Palace of Versailles was first built as a hunting lodge ...

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.

The shark took two seconds to swim 72 feet (0.01 mile) as measured by a floating ruler, which was a speed of 24.54 miles per hour. The experiment validated Casagrande’s method, but the speed is ...

The Greenland shark, one of two species of sleeper sharks, was the obvious suspect, she said, so they performed autopsies to see what they had been eating. That's when they found the polar bear bone.

Perhaps the most well-known sleeper shark, the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), may also be one of the longest-lived animals in the world, with a lifespan thought to extend up to 400 years.

A Greenland shark was found dead on a beach in Cornwall, U.K. just a few days after a rare sighting of the fish was reported in France. On March 7, French research organization, ...

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 ...

The Greenland shark is the second largest shark after the great white and is the longest living vertebrate animal, according to the St. Lawrence Shark Observatory in Quebec, Canada. They typically ...

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

A Greenland shark's mouth contains 48 to 52 teeth in its upper jaw and 50 to 52 teeth in its lower jaw. The upper teeth are pointed, to help the sharks hold on to larger food, while the lower ...