These remarkable sharks can live for up to 400 years, surpassing the previous record-holder, the bowhead whale, which can reach around 211 years. A Greenland shark alive today could have been ...

What’s more, these slow-growing creatures don’t reach reproductive age until around 150 years old. Measuring the Greenland shark’s growth rate is challenging because individuals are rarely ...

Certain creatures like the black corals and tuatara have been thriving on Earth since centuries. In the animal kingdom, most of the longest-living species are found in the oceans.