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Research Focus: A stranding in Ireland sheds new light on the long, slow, ice-cold life of a deep-sea shark
17 Aug 2026
Some Greenland sharks alive today may have been contemporaries of Shakespeare. With a scarred heart that beats for centuries and eyesight that doesn't fade, this deep-sea shark defies age-related decline. Jasmine Stavenow Jerremalm, a PhD researcher in marine ecology at University College Cork features in this BBC Future article.
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