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.

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

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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.

Some animals can live to a startlingly old age, from the famous 392-year-old “Greenland shark” to a 190-year-old tortoise in the Seychelles.