For a long time, scientists have had a hard time determining exactly why a Greenland shark is able to live for so long.

A Greenland Shark Found Far From Home While tagging tiger ... At first glance, its dark, worn skin and pale blue eyes made scientists think it was dead. Instead of tagging it, they documented ...

Within the deep-sea shark’s genome, researchers also found clues to its successful adaptation to a slow life in the depths of the ocean. The eye protein rhodopsin of the Greenland shark was ...

The Greenland shark lives in one of the most extreme environments ... to the cornea of these sharks and actually feeds off the eye!

Measuring the Greenland shark’s growth rate is challenging because individuals are rarely recaptured. However, one shark tagged in 1936 had only grown 2.3 inches when it reappeared 16 years later.

Within the deep-sea shark’s genome, researchers also found clues to its successful adaptation to a slow life in the depths of the ocean. The eye protein rhodopsin of the Greenland shark was found to ...