THE world’s “most mysterious” shark that lives for 400 years has been spotted lurking off the UK’s coast. Greenland sharks ...

As shark season approaches in the UK, are you aware of the giant 400-year-old sharks that can be found in our waters?

They are also enormous, clocking in as the second-biggest carnivorous shark - surpassed only by Great Whites. Greenland sharks also go by the name "sleeper sharks" - a nod to their rather sluggish ...

the Greenland shark’s genome contains an unusual number of genes related to the NF-kB pathway, which regulates inflammation, ...

The Greenland shark, a slow-moving giant of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, holds the record as the longest-lived ...

Previous research has shown that the Greenland shark, which lives in the deep waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, has a lifespan extending to nearly 400 years. It is one of the largest ...

A first-ever analysis of the whole Greenland shark genome gives researchers a couple of clues to their longevity. When this Greenland shark was born, Leonardo painted the Mona Lisa. The species is ...

Along with teeth, the existing fossil record includes parts of giant shark skeletons from the same period, including a 36-foot-long (11-meter-long) section of a fossilized spinal column from ...

A genomic study may have revealed how Greenland sharks live for centuries and yet rarely get cancer. These sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) are slow-moving dwellers of the deep that can reach more ...

Yet back then, any one of these creatures could become prey to the ocean's fiercest apex predator: the megalodon, a giant shark with massive teeth and a body the size of a whale. In many ways ...

A "gentle giant" surfer presumed to have been killed in a horror beach shark attack has been pictured for the first time. Steven Payne, 37, originally from New Zealand, had been on a six-month ...