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 ...

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

Greenland sharks maintain sharp vision for centuries, revealing powerful DNA repair and eye-protection strategies that may inspire future approaches to lifelong human eyesight.

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

Greenland sharks are spilling new secrets about antiaging.

According to new research recently published in the journal Nature Communications, the Greenland shark retained its visual organs throughout millions of years of evolution for a reason. The ...

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

Krawczyk, an associate professor at UC Irvine. “The shark is tracking the light — it’s fascinating.” The Greenland shark is ...

Greenland sharks possess a DNA repair mechanism that maintains vision over centuries, preventing retinal degeneration despite extreme conditions. The sharks' visual system is well-adapted to dim light ...

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 ...

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, ...

The very, very long-lived Greenland sharks were long thought to be practically blind. But a new study finds that they not only can see but also maintain their vision into old age ...