Read how ancient Greenland sharks' bodies preserve their eyesight for hundreds of years and what this means for older humans.

Greenland sharks are a biological anomaly. The animals can grow to more than 20 feet long, weigh more than a ton and can live ...

A new study finds Greenland sharks retain functional vision for over 100 years, challenging the belief that the world’s ...

According to new research recently published in the journal Nature Communications, the Greenland shark retained its visual ...

A study of the hearts of Greenland sharks has found that the long-lived deep-sea predator has massive accumulations of ageing ...

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," ...

“You see it move its eye,” says Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, an associate professor at UC Irvine. “The shark is tracking the ...

Learn how extreme longevity and deep-sea adaptations allow Greenland sharks to preserve vision for centuries.

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 ...