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.

The Greenland shark, one of the longest-living vertebrates ... In 2016, scientists used radiocarbon dating on the eye lenses of Greenland sharks and made a shocking discovery: these creatures ...

The Greenland ... for the shark being blind. The parasitic copepod ommatokoita elongata attaches itself to the cornea of these sharks and actually feeds off the eye!

Radiocarbon Dating of the lenses in the Greenland Sharks The proteins that form the Greenland shark's eye lens are stable ones that don't undergo any alteration after formation. Researchers have ...

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 ...

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 ...