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 ...

The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 ...

“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 ...

Born on December 29, 1995, Flossie was officially recognized as the world’s oldest living cat by Guinness World Records (GWR) ...

Betty Reid Soskin, who was the National Park Service’s oldest active ranger when she retired at age 100, has died. She was 104. She passed away “peacefully” at her home in Richmond, California on ...

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

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There's no escaping the unrelenting passage of time, but supercentenarians who live to see their 110th birthday have a ...