According to new research recently published in the journal Nature Communications, the Greenland shark retained its visual ...
Deep in Arctic waters, the Greenland shark can live up to 400 years, a record among vertebrates. Scientists have now decoded ...
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 ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Humans, under optimal conditions, can live to an age of 100 ...
Lifespan diversity across the animal kingdom reveals extraordinary adaptations to survival, reproduction, and environmental change. While humans consider an average life expectancy of around 70 to 80 ...
The Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus), who are the world's longest-living vertebrate and one of the world's longest-living animals. The Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) is no ...