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

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

Greenland sharks are large, mysterious creatures that roam the chilly waters of the north Atlantic and Arctic oceans. These elusive animals are considered the longest-living vertebrates on the planet, ...

Greenland sharks are thought to have lifespans that can reach 400 years. Building upon previous work, University of Tokyo-led researchers have now sequenced a chromosome-level genome of the Greenland ...

A first-ever analysis of the whole Greenland shark genome gives researchers a couple of clues to their longevity.

What’s more, these slow-growing creatures don’t reach reproductive age until around 150 years old. Measuring the Greenland shark’s growth rate is challenging because individuals are rarely ...

It was also around this time that the first plants invaded the land. The earliest shark-like teeth we have come from an 410-million-year-old, Early Devonian fossil belonging to an ancient fish called ...

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

These elusive animals are considered the longest-living vertebrates on the planet, and they can survive to be roughly 400 years old. But how ... sequencing a Greenland shark’s genome ...