image: A Greenland shark near the surface after its release from research vessel Sanna in northern Greenland. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 12, 2016, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by J. Nielsen at University of Copenhagen in Helsingør, Denmark, and colleagues was titled, "Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)." view more
Credit: Julius Nielsen