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 Greenland shark swimming through the North Atlantic today may have been alive before the modern world existed. Researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus). And now, in a study published this week in Nature Communications, scientists dial in ...

Scientists estimate that Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) may live for 500 years, and have dated one living example ...

Krawczyk, an associate professor at UC Irvine. “The shark is tracking the light — it’s fascinating.” The Greenland shark is the longest-living vertebrate we know of, with a lifespan of over 400 years.

Dealing with centuries of darkness and eye parasites doesn't seem to impact Greenland sharks' vision. Ghislain Bardout Greenland sharks—the longest-living vertebrates in the world—dwell in the deep, ...

Described by one researcher as looking ‘already dead’, the enigmatic creatures are one of the least understood species on the planet ...

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," says the UC Irvine associate professor of physiology and biophysics, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a UC Irvine office, Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk studies a video that has changed her view of a deep-sea legend. “You see it move its eye,” says the University of California, Irvine associate ...

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 ...