A shark was found in the Caribbean — thousands of miles away from its usual habitat in the Arctic. The Greenland shark, which has a lifespan of 250 – 500 years, surprised researchers in Belize.

Mysterious deep-sea Arctic shark found in the Caribbean. A Greenland shark was spotted off the coast of Belize, raising the possibility the sharks are more widespread than previously thought.

Shark native to the Arctic found thousands of miles south in the Caribbean A Greenland shark, typically found in the Arctic, has been found thousands of miles south in Belize. Devanshi Kasana ...

Ancient-Looking Arctic Shark Spotted in the Caribbean, Hundreds of Miles from Usual Habitat Experts believe the find could be a Greenland shark, a species that can live for hundreds of years and ...

Puzzled scientists are trying to figure out what a shark native to the Arctic was doing in considerably warmer waters thousands of miles south of its frigid home.

This marks the first time a shark of its kind has been found in western Caribbean waters off the world’s second longest barrier reef. Devanshi Kasana, a Ph.D. candidate in the Florida International ...

Perhaps the most well-known sleeper shark, the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus), may also be one of the longest-lived animals in the world, with a lifespan thought to extend up to 400 years.

Shark spotting in western Caribbean waters is not uncommon, but this encounter was a first of its kind. A half-blind shark, which normally lives in freezing Arctic waters, was discovered living in ...

Arctic shark found swimming in western Caribbean waters The Greenland shark was said to look old, or ancient-like, which is expected as the species can live almost 400 years, scientists say ...

A shark normally found deep within the icy waters of the Arctic was spotted swimming 4,000 miles away in the warm Caribbean, much to scientists' disbelief. Devanshi Kasana, a PhD student at ...

A half-blind shark believed to survive for hundreds of years in freezing Arctic waters was recently discovered in Caribbean waters, according to Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium.