In an experiment in the South China Sea, scientists dropped a cow carcass into the ocean to investigate what would happen and ...

The shark’s ability to consume such a wide range of prey highlights its opportunistic feeding habits. Their hunting behavior ...

The scientists were planning to investigate the processes that occur when a whale carcass falls to the sea floor. To simulate this, they dropped a cow carcass at 1,629 meters (5,344 feet) deep on a ...

Greenland sharks live for centuries with slow heartbeats and metabolism. Scientists study their longevity secrets.

As Jaws celebrates its 50th anniversary, Science News explores the vast range of shark sizes, from megaladon to the dwarf lanternshark.

Greenland Shark is considered the longest-living vertebrate species in the world, taking a record-breaking 150 years to reach maturity and then continuing to breed for at least another century.

Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), an enigmatic creature that may live for centuries in the dark Arctic depths.

A Greenland Shark. Image by NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Greenland sharks inhabit some of the coldest and most inhospitable waters on Earth. Their primary range ...

Meet the longest-lived animal with a backbone. Scientists estimate that Greenland sharks live for around 250 years, but some may live as long as 500 years. These cold-water sharks not only eat sea ...

Squaliforms range in size from the 25-centimetre-long pygmy shark to the Greenland shark, which reaches around six metres. A notable species in this order is the cookiecutter shark.

THE world’s “most mysterious” shark that lives for 400 years has been spotted lurking off the UK’s coast. Greenland sharks are have conquered longevity to the point they cou… ...