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 ...
A study of the hearts of Greenland sharks has found that the long-lived deep-sea predator has massive accumulations of ageing ...
“You see it move its eye,” says Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, an associate professor at UC Irvine. “The shark is tracking the ...
The longest living vertebrate on Earth may have a thing or two to teach us about maintaining our eyesight into old age. New ...
The Greenland shark is one of the most mysterious animals in the ocean. Living in cold, deep waters of the Arctic and North ...
Greenland sharks are spilling new secrets about antiaging.
The long-living sharks aren't as blind as once thought and have DNA repair mechanisms that may help prevent their vision from ...
A new analysis of the eyes of some of the longest-lived animals on Earth could provide molecular clues about long-lasting ...
Scientists explore whether the visual system of the world’s longest-living vertebrate could provide clues about fostering ...
Its unearthly look is often accentuated by the presence of tiny crustacean parasites hooked into the corneas on its eyes, but the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) can live up to 400 years in ...
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.