The planet is filled with animals that live far longer than most people realize. While well-known species like tortoises ...

But if p53 goes wrong, we have some big problems. In Greenland sharks, p53 seems to be built a little bit differently than in most other animals.

The northeast tip of Greenland "is a lonely, barren place." But the oldest DNA ever discovered reveals that 2 million years ago, it was filled with lush greenery and reindeer that "should not have ...

Greenland sharks can live for hundreds of years, but scientists have never understood why. Now, researchers may have finally discovered the secret to the animals' startling longevity: their never ...

The keys to a Greenland shark’s long life can help scientists understand longevity in other animals and could be beneficial to humans, too. But it isn’t going to help us live for centuries.

The Greenland shark is the world’s longest living vertebrate. It can live for 400 years— twice the age of the longest-living land animal, the giant tortoise.

It turned out to be a Greenland shark, which is typically found in the Arctic and can live to be over 500 years old. The team of scientists thought the shark was dead when they finally hauled it ...

A determined South African is to walk across Greenland this April in aid of the Woodrock Animal Rescue NPO. Johannesburg-born Matthew Burnell will take on 540km of Greenland’s iciest tundras ...