The Greenland shark is one of the most mysterious animals in the ocean. Living in cold, deep waters of the Arctic and North ...

A study of the hearts of Greenland sharks has found that the long-lived deep-sea predator has massive accumulations of ageing markers, such as severe scarring, but this doesn't appear to affect their ...

Beneath Arctic ice swims a predator older than modern history. Greenland sharks can live for centuries, growing so slowly that time itself seems to spare them. Nearly blind, toxic to eat, and moving ...

Greenland sharks are spilling new secrets about antiaging.

Greenland sharks are a biological anomaly. The animals can grow to more than 20 feet long, weigh more than a ton and can live for nearly 400 years, making the species the longest-living vertebrate on ...

Maintaining perfect vision for 400 years is a biological achievement for the Greenland shark. Operating at 9,500 feet creates high-pressure conditions that typically trigger retinal DNA fragmentation.

Close up image of a greenland shark taken at the floe edge of the Admiralty Inlet, Nunavut. Can living organisms truly maintain themselves, down to their most delicate tissues, for centuries? This ...

Scientists explore whether the visual system of the world’s longest-living vertebrate could provide clues about fostering ...

The long-living sharks aren't as blind as once thought and have DNA repair mechanisms that may help prevent their vision from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research suggests Greenland sharks keep low-light vision for centuries, hinting at DNA repair clues for eye health. (CREDIT: ...

A new study finds Greenland sharks retain functional vision for over 100 years, challenging the belief that the world’s longest-living vertebrate is nearly blind.