The visual system of the longest-living vertebrate, the Greenland shark
Lily G. Fogg, Emily Tom, Maxime Policarpo, William Cho, Fangyuan Gao, Steven F. Grieco, Doreen Hii, Aaron Fawcett, Nicolas Boileau, Amalie Bech Poulsen, Kirstine Fleng Steffensen, Cherlyn J Ng, Peter G. Bushnell, John Fleng Steffensen, Richard W. Brill, , Dorota Skowronska‐Krawczyk
This study shows the Greenland shark retains a functional visual system adapted to dim light, with intact rod-based vision genes and no retinal degeneration despite its age.
Nature Communications · Jan 5, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology