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

Bowhead whales, denizens of the Arctic Ocean, are revealed as exceptionally long-lived mammals, potentially reaching ages exceeding 200 years. Genetic ...

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 ...

Meet the bowhead whale hunters of northern Alaska. Each spring, local hunters sit on the edge of the ice and wait for whales—a custom that’s at least 1,000 years old.

This creatures has surprised a whole lot of scientists with them believing to have found the oldest living whale ever recorded, a bowhead estimated to be an astounding 211 years old. Think about ...

Ancient scavengers of the beached beasts turned their bones into implements that spread across a large area, researchers say.

Whale bones retrieved from prehistoric shores are shedding light on how humans lived—and hunted—along Europe's vanished coastlines.

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

Old growth forest — we have a lot of it. That includes Tongass and others." ... "If a company only has to worry about taking out a Steller's eider or a bowhead whale, ...

Fragment of projectile point from the cave site of Isturitz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France), made of bone from right whale or bowhead whale, dated to 17,300-16,700 years before present, curated ...