The Greenland shark lives in one of the most ... and it’s thought this compensates for the shark being blind. The parasitic copepod ommatokoita elongata attaches itself to the cornea of these ...

Although blind and lacking a sense of smell ... they may be outranked by an elusive creature of the deep. The rarely seen Greenland shark is a sluggish creature, slowly swimming through the ...

A boat skipper said he was "dumbfounded" to find a possibly centuries-old Greenland shark in waters off Cornwall. Trev Worth was out training with his crew member Kingsley when they spotted the ...

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.

While the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) may not have the same fame as the great white shark, it holds an impressive distinction: it is the longest-living vertebrate species known to ...