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Rare Greenland Sharks Captured on Film in Canadian Arctic

Mar 2, 2018 by Enrico de Lazaro

A team of marine biologists from the Fisheries and Marine Institute of the Memorial University of Newfoundland has filmed Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus)...

Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus). Image credit: Julius Nielsen.

Greenland Sharks are Longest-Lived Vertebrates on Earth, Marine Biologists Say

Aug 12, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) live at least as long as 400 years, according to a team of marine biologists led by Dr. Julius Nielsen from...