Greenland sharks are still a mystery. But new studies are underway and will certainly provide exciting insights. Photo: Arve Lynghammar Where do Greenland sharks reproduce? Where do they have their young? How many young can a female give birth to? How large is the...
Greenland sharks belong to the sleeper sharks or Somniosidae, a group of deep-sea dwelling sharks about which little is known. Studies have shown that Greenland sharks can live to be over 400 years old, which is a record for vertebrates. Image: Hemming1952 via...
A research team in Belize was tagging tiger sharks and was surprised to see a sleeper shark on the line. Photo: Devanshi Kasana Many species of sharks are still a mystery to scientists and rarely provide insight into their secret lives. Among them is certainly the...
Despite the name, Greenland sharks are not found only around Greenland. They live in the Arctic Ocean, Baffin Bay, the Gulf of St Lawrence and have even been seen as far south as 32° north, in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo: Hemming1952 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0...