A 500-year-old shark, a $7 million study, and a baffling disappearance—what happened? Scientists spent years tracking ...

These large, mysterious creatures are the longest-living vertebrates on the planet—and their genomes could contain clues to how they prevent cancer and reach such an advanced age ...

THE world’s “most mysterious” shark that lives for 400 years has been spotted lurking off the UK’s coast. Greenland sharks ...

The mysterious Greenland shark has an unusually long lifespan, and scientists are beginning to think they finally know why.

A genomic study may have revealed how Greenland sharks live for centuries and yet rarely get cancer.

As shark season approaches in the UK, are you aware of the giant 400-year-old sharks that can be found in our waters?

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 one of the largest ...

There is no need to look further than Earth to find plants and animals that live extremely long lives, says one reader ...

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 ...

They are also enormous, clocking in as the second-biggest carnivorous shark - surpassed only by Great Whites. Greenland sharks also go by the name "sleeper sharks" - a nod to their rather sluggish ...