The mysterious Greenland shark has an unusually long lifespan, and scientists are beginning to think they finally know why.

Scientists may have just cracked the code to live longer without developing any tumors. A new genomic study has revealed how ...

When Jeff Kneebone was a college student in 2002, his research involved a marine mystery that has stumped curious scientists ...

Greenland sharks are thought to have lifespans that can reach 400 years. Building upon previous work, University of Tokyo-led ...

Scientists have uncovered new genetic clues behind the extraordinary lifespan of the Greenland shark, a species that can live ...

The basking shark’s scientific name ... It’s believed that as many as 100,000 sharks were fished from the North Atlantic and, with populations on the brink of collapse, many countries began ...

After more than a year of no pings, a great white shark named Ormond, tracked by OCEARCH, pinged off Florida's Panhandle ...

The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is a baleen whale species that inhabits waters off the East Coast of the United States and Canada. During the summer, these whales migrate north to ...

In its 2020 update of its "Red List of Threatened Species," the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared North Atlantic right whales “critically endangered,” the most serious category ...

Two great white sharks, including the largest male ever tagged by OCEARCH, pinged off Florida's Treasure Coast Sunday and ...

Over one quarter of all known shark species are considered threatened or endangered. Sharks are apex predators in many ecosystems, and their disappearance is causing dangerous imbalances in marine ...

In its 2020 update of its "Red List of Threatened Species," the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared North Atlantic right whales “critically endangered,” the most serious category ...