A 400-year-old Greenland shark, the world’s longest-living vertebrate, was spotted 4,000 miles from its Arctic home, offering ...

Humans, under optimal conditions, can live to an age of 100 or more. That pales in comparison to this cold-water, ultra-surviving shark species.

The Greenland shark is one of the most mysterious and misunderstood creatures in the ocean, gliding silently through the icy ...

WASHINGTON -- More than a dozen animals live longer than we do. A new study estimates that at least one Greenland shark lived about 392 years, making it the longest-living animal with a backbone. Here ...

In the cold, dark depths of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans swims one of the planet’s most mysterious and ancient creatures. The Greenland shark, a sluggish predator with a ghostly gray body and ...

Scientists discovered some individuals were already old when Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel, making this shark the oldest living vertebrate ever found. Tropical Storm Melissa spaghetti models ...