In the waters of the Arctic and North Atlantic, a remarkable creature glides silently through the darkness. The Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) isn't just another marine predator; it's a ...
Greenland sharks, long thought blind, may actually see in Arctic waters. Researchers reveal their eyes are functional, ...
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This Mysterious Shark Has Lived Since 1627, What’s Hiding in Its DNA Stunned Researchers
Deep in Arctic waters, the Greenland shark can live up to 400 years, a record among vertebrates. Scientists have now decoded most of its genome, revealing unexpected genetic mechanisms that could ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research suggests Greenland sharks keep low-light vision for centuries, hinting at DNA repair clues for eye health. (CREDIT: ...
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‘It was born before Isaac Newton’: Greenland shark that may have lived since the 1600s goes viral
A viral social media post has highlighted the Greenland shark, a species scientifically estimated to live for centuries, with ...
Close up image of a greenland shark taken at the floe edge of the Admiralty Inlet, Nunavut. Can living organisms truly maintain themselves, down to their most delicate tissues, for centuries? This ...
Greenland sharks are the longest-living vertebrate known to science, topping out at more than 400 years old, and scientists have largely believed they were nearly blind. But new research suggests they ...
In a UC Irvine office, Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk studies a video that has changed her view of a deep-sea legend. “You see it move its eye,” says the University of California, Irvine associate ...
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