The Greenland shark lives in one of the most extreme environments ... and its slow way of life means it expends little energy when scavenging for food - perhaps a drowned Polar bear or dead ...

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.

While the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) may not have the same fame as the great white shark, it holds an impressive distinction: it is the longest-living vertebrate species known to ...

The purpose of the mission was to understand more about the Greenland shark, a top predator in the Arctic, which lives for more than 272 years, and possibly even more than 400. Scientists know that it ...

A Greenland shark was found on a beach in Cornwall. A rare type of shark which has not been seen in British waters for nine years has been spotted on a Cornish beach. The shark was found dead on ...