Brazilian research team investigates protective factors in extraordinary people who survived COVID-19 without vaccines and ...

​​Rivers may seem as old as the hills, but they have life cycles just like other natural features do. Many grow and make ...

“This gap is especially limiting in longevity research, where admixed supercentenarians may harbor unique protective variants ...

The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi have set a new record, marking Africa's oldest evidence of intentional ...

Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired ...

Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ...

Clues from studies of ancient plants and animals have helped archaeologists pin down where the last Neanderthals found refuge ...

Scientists are uncovering why Brazil may be one of the most important yet underused resources for studying extreme longevity.

Jeanne Calment is the oldest person to have ever lived. She died at 122 in 1997, and her long life left many astonished. Even ...

Despite multiple mass extinctions, the frilled shark has managed to thrive for 100 million years. Today, it remains one of ...

Scientists are looking into the cells of creatures like whales and mole rats to see if they have lessons for humans.

A modern analysis of 7-million-year-old remains suggest this mysterious ancient primate is the oldest human ancestor ever found.