In a UC Irvine office, Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk studies a video that has changed her view of a deep-sea legend. “You see it ...

Learn how extreme longevity and deep-sea adaptations allow Greenland sharks to preserve vision for centuries.

A shark was found in the Caribbean — thousands of miles away from its usual habitat in the Arctic. The Greenland shark, which has a lifespan of 250 – 500 years, surprised researchers in Belize. "It ...

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, a physiologist at the University of California, Irvine, wanted to take a closer look at the ...

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," ...

The Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus), who are the world's longest-living vertebrate and one of the world's longest-living animals. The Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) is no ...

Greenland sharks preserve vision for centuries through DNA repair, offering clues for treating age-related eye disease.

The discovery of a Greenland shark in the Caribbean is credited to Florida International University Ph.D candidate Devanshi Kasana, according to a July 26 news release from the Florida-based Mote ...

There are Greenland sharks older than the United States. This deep sea species has an expected lifespan of at least 270 years. Some may live longer than 500 years. And biologists have identified an ...

(NEW YORK) — Puzzled scientists are trying to figure out what a giant shark native to the Arctic was doing in considerably warmer waters thousands of miles south of its frigid home. Researchers from ...

A shark native to frigid Arctic waters has rattled marine researchers by appearing about 3,500 south of its preferred range — in a coral reef off the Central America nation of Belize. The discovery of ...