Move over, bowhead whales! Scientists have discovered a new longevity champion: the Greenland shark. Using a technique ...
The Greenland shark lives in one of the most extreme environments ... to the cornea of these sharks and actually feeds off the eye!
Measuring the Greenland shark’s growth rate is challenging because individuals are rarely recaptured. However, one shark tagged in 1936 had only grown 2.3 inches when it reappeared 16 years later.
Scientists have discovered that the longest living vertebrates on Earth are Greenland sharks. Researchers used radiocarbon ...