The purpose of the mission was to understand more about the Greenland shark, a top predator in the Arctic, which lives for more than 272 years, and possibly even more than 400. Scientists know that it ...

The Greenland shark lives in one of ... But don’t be fooled, this shark is also an active hunter. It preys on seals that are sleeping in the ocean, trying to evade hungry Polar bears that ...

Matteo Della Bordella, Silvan Schüpbach and Christian Ledergerber have made the first ascent of The Great Shark Hunt, a new route up the Shark's Tooth in Greenland. " On August 18th we arrived on 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 ... While they do catch seals and fish, they also scavenge, feeding on animal carcasses such as those of polar bears or reindeer that fall ...