Rob Salguero-Gomez receives funding from NERC. I’ve long been fascinated by one of the most stubborn patterns in biology: males and females rarely live the same length of time. In humans, women nearly ...

WASHINGTON -- More than a dozen animals live longer than we do. A new study estimates that at least one Greenland shark lived about 392 years, making it the longest-living animal with a backbone. Here ...

The oldest animals in the world have amazed scientists and nature lovers for centuries. Some species live far longer than humans, holding secrets to survival, adaptation, and resilience. These longest ...

When we think about long life, humans often come to mind, especially with ever-advancing medical progress pushing life expectancy further. But the animal world also has its own champions of a long ...