Nature holds secrets to long life. Certain animals outlive humans by centuries. Rougheye rockfish lives over 200 years.

And when they spot the whales, hunting crews set out on umiaks—long boats made of animal hide—in hopes of catching bowhead whales. YUYAN: I love being out. I'll like wake up at 10 p.m. and ...

It’s long been a puzzle. Cancer is, statistically speaking, a disease of aging. The longer something lives, the more likely ...

Artifacts found at archeological sites in France and Spain along the Bay of Biscay shoreline show that humans have been ...

A study published in the journal Current Biology describes a new example of tool use by a critically endangered population of ...

Killer whales have been seen detaching lengths of seaweed and using them to massage each other—the first evidence of ...

Recently discovered bones of a basilosaurus in Mississippi offer insight into its life and what happened after its death.

In a new study, Cartwright and a team of strandings specialists documented how a “companion whale” tries to help when an individual humpback whale gets entangled in fishing gear. 3:47 ...