Greenland shark: References & Edit History
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| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The visual system of the longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark. | Oct 10, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Government of Canada - Greenland Shark. | Jun 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Late Night Live - A dive into the long life of the Greenland shark. | Feb 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - The Greenland shark: a new challenge for the oxidative stress theory of ageing? (PDF). | Dec 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC Research Notes - Development and characterization of thirteen novel microsatellite markers for use in Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus), with cross-amplification in Pacific sleeper sharks (Somniosus pacificus). | Oct 31, 2025 | ||
| Noted that age of the largest specimen in the 2016 study was likely between 272 and 512 years old. | Sep 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Alabama in Huntsville - LOUIS - Greenland Shark Lifespan and Implications for Human Longevity (PDF). | May 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN Science - The longest-living vertebrate could offer clues to extending the human lifespan, scientists say. | Mar 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Origins of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus): Impacts of ice-olation and introgressionImpacts of ice-olation and introgression (PDF). | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Updated the conservation status of Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus). | Jan 02, 2025 | ||
| Added taxonomy box and diagram. | Jan 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature Communications - The visual system of the longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark. | Dec 06, 2024 | ||
| Added interactive. | Jul 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Greenland Shark (Somniosus microcephalus) Stomach Contents and Stable Isotope Values Reveal an Ontogenetic Dietary Shift. | May 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The visual system of the longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark. | Dec 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cool Antarctica - Greenland Shark - Facts and Adaptations. | Oct 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Live Science - Greenland sharks: Toxic, half-blind giants of the ocean. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: AZ Animals - Greenland Shark. | May 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Greenland shark. | Jul 25, 2021 | ||
| Changed the maximum age of Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) from "about 400" to "more than 500" years. | Dec 15, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 01, 2017 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Aug 16, 2016 | ||
| Text added noting that the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) is the longest-living vertebrate species. | Aug 12, 2016 | ||
| Added videos. | May 26, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wildscreen Arkive - Greenland shark. | Aug 29, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - Secretin. | May 03, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - Secretin. | May 03, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - Secretin. | May 03, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: WebMD - Secretin. | May 03, 2012 | ||
| Added photograph. | Apr 05, 2012 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Greenland Shark. | Mar 10, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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